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FEATURE FILMS
LE PAPILLON (2002)
I feel a lot of affection for tiny creatures (for larger ones too in fact, such as cats!) and for children. While surfing on the net one day, I came across a site devoted to butterflies. I then discovered the existence of the Isabelle, a rare butterfly whose capture is outlawed. A butterfly with a female name! I noted the word on a post-it. The bit of yellow paper would spend more than a year on my desk. At the same time, I was trying to come up with a story that would allow me to film an old man and a child...
SYNOPSIS
Julien, a slightly cantankerous old man with a huge butterfly collection, decides to set off to look for the Isabelle a both rare and valuable butterfly. Neglected by her mother, Elsa, his upstairs neighbour's daughter, decides that she wants to go along too. She slips into his car in secret. This is the start of a journey through the Vercors Mountains in the course of which Julien and Elsa will learn a great deal from each other&
CREDITS
35 mm, 1.85, 85 min
Line producer: Françoise Galfré
Director of photography: Nicolas Herdt
Sound engineer: Yves Osmu
Set designer: Nikos Mélétopoulos
Costumes: Sylvie de Segonzac
Editor: Mireille Leroy
Music: Nicolas Errera
CAST
Michel Serrault (Julien)
Claire Bouanich (Elsa)
Nade Dieu (Elsa's mother)
PRODUCTION
ALICELEO PRODUCTIONS
DISTRIBUTION (2002)
REZO FILMS
FESTIVALS
Audience Prize at the Moscow Festival
Audience Prize at the Giffonni Film Festival (Italy)
Grand Prize at the Ispahan Festival
Grand Prize at the Cairo Festival
Audience Prize at the Trencin Festival (Czech Republic)
Released in more than thirty countries
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