About the movie: year - Awards /: Oscar3 / Golden Globe5 / 1972 / 1hr 49min / musical / Movie plot The Butterflies Are Free': Born blind and living his entire life with an overly caring mother, Don Baker dreams of only one thing: to be left alone and let his own life go on. Don keeps saying "Butterflies are free" and wants to be just as free to do whatever he wants. He moves into a separate apartment in San Francisco and even makes an agreement with his mother, according to which he does not have the right to visit his son for two months. During this time, Don manages to meet his neighbor Jill, who happily tells him about the things his mother didn't (or wouldn't) tell him. The young people develop a liking for each other, but Don's "single life" is coming to an end. Miss Baker comes to visit him and starts interfering in her son's life again.