Float Like a Butterfly

Float Like a Butterfly
Film poster
Directed byCarmel Winters
Written byCarmel Winters
Produced byDavid Collins
Martina Niland
StarringHazel Doupe
Dara Devaney
Johnny Collins
CinematographyMichael Lavelle
Edited byJulian Ulrichs
Production
companies
Samson Films
Port Pictures
Release date
  • 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Float Like a Butterfly is a 2018 Irish drama film directed by Carmel Winters. The film stars Hazel Doupe as Frances, a young Irish Traveller girl who idolizes Muhammad Ali and aspires to become a boxer.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize.

Plot

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 16 critics' reviews are positive.

References

  1. ↑ "TIFF review: Float Like A Butterfly" Archived 17 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Now, August 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ "‘Float Like A Butterfly’: First Footage Of Toronto-Bound Irish Boxing Drama" Archived 17 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People's Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’" Archived 17 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. IndieWire, September 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Float Like a Butterfly". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 13 May 2025.