The Butterfly
World Cinema
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1h 19m
Directed by Philippe Muyl • Drama • With Michel Serrault • 2002 • 80 minutes
Legendary actor Michel Serrault stars as Julien, an ornery butterfly collector. When eight-year-old Elsa and her often-absent mother move into the apartment next to his, the persistent and curious Elsa adopts a reluctant Julien as her surrogate grandpa. But when Julien leaves town for a week-long hiking expedition in the Alps to find the "Isabella," an exotic butterfly as elusive as it is beautiful, he instead discovers an uninvited companion - Elsa!
"An exceptionally satisfying film of much grace and beauty." —Los Angeles Times
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