Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.
Release Date | December 15, 1979 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | As Borboletas Também Amam | |
Runtime | 1h 32min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | Portuguese | |
Original Language | Portuguese | |
Production Countries | Brazil | |
Production Companies | J.B. Tanko FilmesVentania Filmes |