'Young Fin (The Visit's Ed Oxenbould) and his father Al (Ewen Leslie) are grieving the loss of Fin's mother three years before, albeit in very different and singular ways. When their small town gains a new florist — a mysterious, warm, and beautiful woman named Evelyn (the luminous Melissa George) — Al and Fin encounter her uniquely, each without the other's knowledge.
'In short order, Evelyn electrifies them both. But when father and son discover they are, essentially, competing for Evelyn's attention, the emotionally charged events that transpire threaten to unravel their already-threadbare relationship.'
Source: Toronto International Film Festival (http://www.tiff.net/tiff/the-butterfly-tree/). Sighted: 13/09/2017
As a screenplay, The Insect King won the Montel Miller Award at the 2008 AWGIE Awards. A rehearsed reading of the script held at Cinema Nova, Carlton, Victoria, 10 February 2010.
'Desire and secrets unfold from an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and a moon-eyed florist in this ambitious, visually rich drama.'
'Desire and secrets unfold from an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and a moon-eyed florist in this ambitious, visually rich drama.'
