Dennis Harvey Film CriticAfter the straight horror content of 2018 narrative feature debut “Dachra,” which was released in the U.S.
just six months ago, Abdelhamid Bouchnak aims for a more complex, unclassifiable mix of fantasy and drama in “Golden Butterfly.” Tunisia’s Oscar submission title is a somewhat mixed bag whose occasionally arresting parts work better than the whole.
But its thematic ambition and visual panache further advance the writer-director as a significant emerging talent in the region.A head-on opening sequence finds two bound and bloodied men being tortured, then executed, apparent rough justice for crimes we only learn about much later.
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