''Butterfly Man'' ( th, ผีเสื้อร้อนรัก) is a 2002 Thai-British

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- romantic drama film directed and written by Kaprice Kea and starring Stuart Laing and

Napakpapha Nakprasitte Napakpapha Nakprasitte ( th, นภคปภา นาคประสิทธิ์; , and better known as Mamee, born April 19, 1981) is a Thai film actress. She is sometimes credited as Napakapa Nakprasit. Education Dhurakij Pundit Universi ...

Plot

Adam, an

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backpacker, breaks up with his girlfriend immediately after arriving with her in

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. He then strikes out on his own, leaving

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

for

Ko Samui Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui; th, เกาะสมุย, ) is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago, it is part of Surat Thani Province, though as of 2012, Ko ...

. There, he meets Em, a young

masseuse Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. In E ...

. At first, their relationship is innocent, but Adam soon grows frustrated and starts hitting the bars and becoming a sex tourist, or "

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

man", flirting from woman to woman. Meanwhile, the ugly side of Samui starts to reveal itself, with a human trafficking, slavery, and prostitution ring, run by British mafia exposed. Adam gets in trouble with the British mafia. Em helps him get away, so the British mafia beats her severely. Adam manages to escape via small boat, taking Em with him. They get married on the boat but then Em dies. He keeps his promise to take her body to her home village and ends up staying in Thailand.

Cast

* Stuart Laing as Adam *

as Em *

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as Joey *Carl Henry Exantus as Michael *

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as Bill Kincaid * Abigail Good as No Name *Vasa Vatcharayon as Noi *

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as Kate

References

External links

* * 2002 films British romantic drama films 2000s English-language films 2002 romantic drama films Films about interracial romance Thai romantic drama films 2000s British films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub