It flew like a wind, the window wide open. How often do we think about how we live our lives, what can be changed and whether we can do it at all? The representative of one of the most ancient professions on Earth, Alyona, simply lived the life that fate had prepared for her and was quite pleased with her. The attention of men, the opportunity to eat well and earn money – that was all she needed. Although deep down Alyona understood that she wanted and could achieve something more, pure and sublime, although she was afraid to admit it even to herself. A chance meeting in a hotel with a quiet and modest young American pianist Robert, who came to the international festival named after S. Rachmaninov, opened her eyes to her own existence, showed the possibility of a different, cleaner and higher life. This is the magical power of love, which can perform the greatest miracles in the world. Alyona begins to look at her life, others, the future, which is not yet certain. For her, only one thing is clear - Robert is the man with whom she is good and easy, who does not see in her a girl of easy behavior and managed to see in her what no one has ever noticed.
The banal and boring beginning is replaced in the course of a number of comic situations in a rather interesting movie, gradually adding intrigue to it. In general, the film stands out among the contemporary paintings (Botanical Garden, etc.) by the live play of the actors (especially I would like to note the role of Alena), the dynamics of the plot (although in its essence it is quite simple). “Flight of the Night Butterfly” reminded me of “Pretty Woman” with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. And although there is not so much in common between these films, you feel similar when watching them. The film is light and does not require a deep feeling, although there is something to think about.
The film received six prizes at the First Commercial Film Festival in Minsk in 1993. The script was among the winners of the competition “Hartley – Merrill”, held by ASK (1991).
7 out of 10