Butterfly Screen Play
M Butterfly Movie Proposal
Log Line
Rene Gallimard, the assistant to the ambassador of China, is the victim of a terrible and malicious rouse to obtain classified information. Lured into a romantic relationship with the woman Song Liling who he later discovers to be a cold, cruel manipulative and male spy. This comedic story, told from Rene's perspective reveals just how far a spy will go to complete his mission.
Characters
Rene Gallimard: Rene may not be the most bright member of the embassy staff, but his employer at least assumed he had some common sense. In fact, Rene is a socially inept Frenchman who prefers to surround himself in his work due to his failed attempts at love. After marrying a bossy and strong-willed woman in order to obtain his current position, Rene is looking for true love. Instead of finding love in the arms of his wife, this dumb-witted Frenchman seeks it out in the arms of a man dressed as an opera diva. Rene thinks he is finally being appreciated, what he does not realize is that is being reeled in hook, line, and sinker as a security leak within the French Embassy.
Song Liling: Song is an accomplished spy who is given the most challenging assignment of his career. His job is to somehow strike up a relationship with Rene Gallimard, an employee in the French embassy, for the purposes of obtaining confidential information. This is one assignment that will take every ounce of Song's spying and lying ability to pull off. The only question is whether he can keep his nerve long enough to get the information his...
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