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In a mysterious forest, a woman is slowly lured into a daydream as she observes butterflies.
This is a film about the time that has gone, about regrets and fear of our own choices. It is about the refuge that nostalgia provides, like the butterflies that we gaze upon whilst they elegantly flutter about in a glass jar. The film takes place in a mysterious forest, where a melancholic woman is surrounded by butterflies that remind her of memories of a lost love. The butterfly is very important in this film, as it symbolizes memory and desire. Thus, this is an ambivalent bug, colourful, attractive, but also scary when seen up close. The unpredictable path taken by these ephemeral butterflies is a metaphor for this time that is, paradoxically, both regular and irregular, absurd and linear, repetitive and surprising.

Credits

Director
Sofia El Khyari
Screenwriter
Sofia El Khyari
Producer
Yves Bouveret and Olivier Catherin (France), Mahacine Mokdad (Morocco)

About the Director

Sofia El Khyari
Sofia El Khyari grew up in Casablanca and later moved to Paris to study cultural management. It was here that she taught herself the craft of animation. She directed a first short film before obtaining her master’s degree in animation from the Royal College of Art in London. Her films have since won several awards and been screened at more than 60 international festivals. El Khyari’s recent work h
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