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Dominican Rep. Nocturnal Butterflies (S)
- Original title
- Papillons de nuit / Nachtvlinders (Nocturnal Butterflies)
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 7 min.
- Country
Belgium- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Animation
- Music
- Cinematography
- Animation, Lou Demeyere
- Genre
- Animation. Mystery | Surrealism. Painting. Short Film (Animated)
- Synopsis
- Nocturnal Butterflies is Servais' serene and melancholic homage to Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), whose architectural paintings serve as the basis for the mise-en-scène for the film, and whose opaquely gazed women represent the enigmatic, silent witnesses who guard the secrets of the eccentric artist's curious world of precisely rendered, hermetic construction. Opening to the image of a lone butterfly accidentally - or perhaps deliberately - setting into mechanized motion the arcade rhythm of a magical ballroom waltz, Nocturnal Butterflies inhabits the fleeting, fragile, and mysterious waking dream world of these transfixed women as they perform their graceful, rhapsodic rituals until a butterfly collector deboarding the train (a reference to Trains Du Soir) catches sight of the ballroom's unassuming architect and stumbles into their clandestine soirée. Continuing in his studies of integrating live action and animation, Servais further experiments with traditional mixed media (oils, pastels, inks, and watercolors) to create a remarkably tactile, sublimely haunting, and elegant choreography of texture, precision, plasticity, and movement.
- Awards
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1998: Annecy International Animated Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, Grand Prize
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