The Butterfly from Ural
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Director Katariina Lillqvist Music director Alec Kopyt, Hannu Kella Language Finnish | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Animation, Short, Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2008 (2008) Writer Katariina Lillqvist (screenplay), Hannu Salama (screenplay), Katariina Lillqvist (radio play), Hannu Salama (radio play) Cast Jotaarkka Pennanen, Aliisa Pulkkinen Screenplay Katariina Lillqvist, Hannu Salama Similar movies Moomin and Midsummer Madness (2008), Ratty (1986), Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010), A Monkeys Tale (1999), The Wind in the Willows (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Butterfly from Ural or Far Away from Ural (Finnish: Uralin perhonen) is a Finnish 2008 animated short film directed by Katariina Lillqvist.
The film tells a story of former President of Finland Gustaf Mannerheim – although his name is not mentioned in the film – on a journey to Central Asia where he meets a young Kyrgyz boy. Mannerheim takes the boy with him back to Finland where he names him Butterfly. The boy becomes Mannerheim's servant and lover. When the Finnish Civil War starts, Mannerheim abandons his lover in the middle of the battlefield. According to the director Lillqvist, the film is based on a folklore from the Pispala district of Tampere.
The film caused a fuss in the Finnish media and evoked discussion about the limits of the freedom of speech and the sexual orientation of Mannerheim. It was nominated the best domestic animation at the Tampere Film Festival in March 2008, and was broadcast by YLE the same month.
References
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