Variety ·entertainment ·2 hours ago

Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough portray Circassian siblings in Balagov's English debut

Director Kantemir Balagov's third feature "Butterfly Jam" stars Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough as Circassian siblings struggling in a Newark immigrant community. The film, Balagov's first in English, opens with a portrait of marginalized lives before pivoting with sudden violence. While his formal mastery impresses, the narrative occasionally falters in conviction.

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