Movies' at Mechanics Presents M Butterfly (1993)
Date and Time
- Friday, Jan 30, 2026 6pm - 8:30pm
Location
Mechanics' Institute
57 Post St
Details
Movies at Mechanics' has welcomed film enthusiasts for classic cinema screenings and salons on Friday evenings for over 20 years. Join us for fresh popcorn, lively discourse, and your favorite films the first three Fridays of the month. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non‑members.
What's Playing: All about Eve
A French diplomat falls for a beautiful Chinese opera singer in 1960s China. But is this relationship really what it seems? Starring Jeremy Irons, and based on David Henry Hwang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, M Butterfly challenges our assumptions, cultural biases, and the very nature of love itself.
M Butterfly is based on the real-life romance between diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu. Playwright David Henry Hwang saw the literary potential in the true events, and used Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly as a framework for a retelling of the story, interweaving themes of gender fluidity and Western cultural hegemony.
Upcoming Movies:
February 6 – The American President (1995)
February 13 – When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Hosted by Lara Gabrielle, film writer and author of Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies.