Butterfly

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Play Time: 15 mins
Animation, Drama, History
Butterfly

Overview:
A Jewish North African middle-aged man's swim in the sea triggers memories of his earlier life as an Olympic swimmer before and after World War II.

Original Title:Papillon
Status: Released (2025-05-15)
Awards:2 wins & 3 nominations
Screen:Florence Miailhe
Productions: Sacrebleu Productions, XBO films
Production Countries: France
Spoken Languages: Français, Deutsch
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There’s a really quite sad story contained within this short, sketch-style, animation. It’s inspired by the life of Alfred Nakache. He was a French Algerian, dark skinned and Jewish swimmer who just happened to be at the top of his game just as the munificence of National Socialism w ....

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