Synopsis
We’re not sure of the period or place. A child emerges from white fog to walk across desolate countryside that has a post-apocalyptic appearance. He crosses paths with a taller child dressed in the same clothes as he’s wearing. This encounter has something very threatening about it.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Aurora Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Gautier
- Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
- Editor : Anne-Catherine Mailles
- Sound recordists : Arnaud Gautier, Sébastien Noiré
- Costume designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
- Production designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Bizarre
- Themes : Childhood, War
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 10 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 111.403
- Visa issue date : 12/09/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🦋 'Butterfly' won the Crystal Bear Young People's Jury at the Berlinale and was selected for the Official Competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it received the André Martin Prize.