Hunting Butterflies
Hunting Butterflies
1989
“Hunting Butterflies” is Otar Iosseliani’s requiem for aristocratic Europe. The film’s title is a metaphor: a butterfly is something exquisitely beautiful, fragile, and ephemeral. To hunt it is to try to possess this beauty, which ultimately leads to its destruction. It is a film about how we lose our soul in exchange for possessions and money.
- Film Title: Hunting Butterflies (La Chasse aux papillons)
- Year of Production: 1992
- Duration: 118 minutes
- Technical Specifications: Color, 35mm film, 1.66:1
Genre: Drama, Comedy - Director: Otar Iosseliani
- Assistant Director: Claire Lusseyran
- Screenwriter: Otar Iosseliani
- Cinematographer: William Lubtchansky
- Sound Engineers: Alix Comte, Axel Arft, Holger Gimpel, Gérard Lamps
- Editors: Ursula West, Jocelyne Ruiz, Otar Iosseliani, Nathalie Alquier
- Production Designer: Emmanuel de Chauvigny
- Producer: Martine Marignac
- Production Companies: Pierre Grise Productions, Best International Films, Metropolis Filmproduktion, Sodaperaga Productions, Canal+, France 3 Cinéma
- Starring: Narda Blanchet (Solange), Pierrette Pompon-Bailhache (Valérie), Alexandre Tcherkassoff (Henri de Lampadère), Thamar Tarassachvili (Marie-Agnès de Bayonnette), Alexandra Liebermann (Hélène), Mathieu Amalric, Lilia Ollivier (Olga), Yannick Carpentier (Mr. Carpentier), Pascal Aubier, Pascal Bonitzer, Emile Breton, Maimouna N’Diaye (Caprice, the son’s wife), Françoise Tsouladze (Yvonne, the second-hand dealer), Marie Eisenschitz (Marie, Solange’s friend), Sacha Piatigorsky (The Emir), Emmanuel de Chauvigny (Father André)
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- French Distribution: Les Films du Losange
- International Sales: Les Films du Losange