The Butterfly Tattoo

Director Phil Hawkins teams with children’s author Stephen Potts to adapt Philip Pullman's novel detailing an adolescent romance gone horribly awry. Chris (Duncan Stuart) and Jenny (Jessica Blake) are teenage lovers from the gritty side of modern Oxford. Chris is a naive young lad, suspended between school and college, and Jenny is a free spirit fleeing a traumatised childhood. They are caught in the crossfire as a gangster gunman comes looking for Chris’s boss to avenge past events – and heady romance gives way to growing suspense. THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO introduces a fresh young cast, a soundtrack of unsigned bands from Oxford’s vibrant music scene and a score by veteran composer Ludovico Einaudi to tell a heartbreaking story of star-crossed lovers reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet.

Contains moderate violence, sex and soft drug use.

Print source: Courtesy of Phil Hawkins