Plot Summary:A sea captain goes ashore on a small island in the Pacific, carrying a funnel gramophone under his arm. He meets a native girl with a butterfly on her head. They make love on the shore, while he is playing an aria from "Madame Butterfly" on his gramophone. After their short union he gives her his captain hat and the funnel gramophone, and sails away. Every day she plays the aria, while looking at the horizon, waiting for his return. After nine months she delivers a baby. She is happy with her child, playing with it every day. After some years the ship returns. The sea captain drives a white car out of the vessel and up to the girl at the top of the island. Along with him in his car are his wife and their children. He is happy to find that he has another child here on the island. He and his wife take the child away from the girl and put it in their car. They wave goodbye to the girl, and sail away. In despair the girl runs out into the animation studio, and tears her body into pieces. A wind blows her limbs away, whereby they are transformed into a butterfly, which lands at the head of girl.
如花一般的东方女孩,皮肤白皙,发如黑漆。她邂逅了一位来自西方的英俊海员,两人在寂静的小岛上尽情体验着生命的欢愉,悠扬的咏叹调在蔚蓝的上空响起。 欢愉过后,海员乘船离开,留给女孩的是那孤独歌唱的留声机、白色的海员帽以及长久不散的思念与哀伤。不久,女孩产下一女。女儿让她暂时忘却了相思之苦,却仍痴心等待爱人的到来。某天,爱人的轮船再次靠近小岛,但她所期盼的爱情早已逝去…… 本片荣获2002年欧登塞国际电影节大奖。