i be a huge ziyi zhang fan and will go to any film to see her which be what take me to purple butterfly . as much a i want to like this movie and i have to agree with many others who have comment on it . it be very confusing and also extremely slow . because all of the film appear to have be shoot with a hand hold camera and significant portion of it be out of focus . the film have very little dialog and what there be doesn not tell you much . there be endless scene of people just stand around smoke cigarette or sit in a room staring at each other with no conversation . the way the film time shift be also very confusing and hard to follow . even have read a number of review beforehand and have a general idea what the film be about and i still have a difficult time understand what be go on . i know beforehand that the movie be not remotely similar to previous ziyi zhang star film but be look forward to see her in something different but unfortunately i be ultimately disappointed . she never smile in this film although admittedly most of the time she doesn not have anything to smile about . i could have do without the sex scene a they be about a sexless and without any obvious feeling between the participant a you could hope to find .