Film

White Butterfly

1983 · 1h 30m · Action · Drama · Crime

Riri, will be free from her stepmother when she marries Leo and leaves for Jakarta. But Leo is a supplier of women, for a high-class brothel, owned by Mama Rosa. Thus Riri is "forced" to be a resident of the brothel. Ferdi, her friend from the village, who opens a tyre shop near the brothel, abuses her. Ferdi is drunk, and forces Riri to have sex with him. Then, Ferdi is tortured by the brothel bouncers, until he is burning for revenge. He then becomes a waiter at a kick-boxing club, and becomes an amateur boxer, while Riri still continues her profession. One day, they meet each other in a shopping center and Ferdi asks Riri to run away with him. When the men of Mama Rosa finds them, Ferdi knocks them out one by one with a broken beer bottle. He is thrown into jail while Riri waits for him.

Anna Tairas

Riri

Harry Capri

Leo

Rima Melati

Mama Rosa

Clift Sangra

Ferdi

Frans Tumbuan

Ida Leman

Zainal Abidin

• Bobby SandyWriter · Director
• Hendrick GozaliProducer
• AkinDirector of Photography

Release date

September 8, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Indonesian

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Action, Drama, Crime