Butterfly Tale

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Butterfly Tale
Directed bySophie Roy
Written by Heidi Foss
Lienne Sawatsky
Produced byJustin Rebelo Chantale Pagé
Tania Pinto da Cunha
Marc Gabizon
Marks Aldenhoven
Starring Tatiana Maslany
Mena Massoud
Edited byRobert Yates
Music by Shawn Mendes
Johnny Orlando
Blü Dog Media Nancy Brault
Production
companies
CarpeDiem Film & TV
Ulysses Filmproduktion
Senator Film Köln
Distributed byPink Parrot Media (Worldwide sales)
Vortex Media (Canada)
Wild Bunch (Germany)
Release dates
  • September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16)(Atlantic International Film Festival)
  • September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)(Spain)
  • October 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)(Canada)
  • February 1, 2024 (2024-02-01)(Germany)
Running time
82 minutes
CountriesCanada
Germany
LanguageEnglish

Butterfly Tale is a 2023 animated family adventure film directed by Sophie Roy and written by Heidi Foss and Lienne Sawatsky. It features the voices of Tatiana Maslany and Mena Massoud. Based on the real-life migration of monarch butterflies, the plot follows an young butterfly named Patrick who goes on a adventure over North America to follow his dream of flight althrough he has one wing.

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Plot

Butterfly Tale is a heart-warming coming of age animated feature film about Patrick, a gutsy and resourceful teen butterfly who cannot fly – but won’t let that keep him down! It is a tale of adventure, self-realization and heroism told with humour whose message is that our differences are less important than the bonds we share, and it is in adversity that our true character shines through.

Cast

Production

In November 2022, it was announced that Maslany and Massoud were cast as the voices of Jennifer and Patrick respectively, as well the film will feature original songs by Shawn Mendes and Johnny Orlando. [2] The film is a Canadian-German co-production between CarpeDiem Film & TV, Ulysses Filmproduktion and Senator Film Köln with animation done at Singing Frog Studio in Montreal and Studio Rakete in Hamburg. It marks Sophie Roy's feature directorial debut. [3]

Release

The film was first released in Spain on September 29, 2023, one month later at Canada on October 13, 2023. [4] with the release date in Germany being February 1, 2024.

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References

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