

Butterfly
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.
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- Language
- French
- world war ii
- antisemitism
- swimmer
- discrimination
- hand painted animation
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Release dates
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+Part of Propast15 May 2025
FranceFR
- TVTPARTE (Court-circuit)9 Jun 2024
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival20 Feb 2024
- TV8 Jun 2024
TaiwanTW
- PremiereKaohsiung Film Festival14 Oct 2024
- PremiereTaichung International Animation Festival19 Oct 2024
- PremiereKuandu International Animation Festival27 Oct 2025
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Butterfly was released on 15 May 2025.
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1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/19/2026
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 was extending throughout Europe. Initially his fellow competitors rally around as he becomes the victim of discrimination, but as that be…
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