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The Butterfly

2017 · 9 min

A quiet, tender short that sits with a child's small struggle while a family quietly carries the weight of displacement.

Directed by: Andy Alvarez
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Lucero Aguilar, Marvin Aguilar, Natalia Lavaggi

Overview: Carol's family tries to accept their new life as a refugees, while she struggles to pass a swimming test.

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Directed by: Andy Alvarez
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Lucero Aguilar, Marvin Aguilar, Natalia Lavaggi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
immigration
identity
survival
coming-of-age
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Andy Alvarez
Written by: Andy Alvarez
Starring: Lucero Aguilar, Marvin Aguilar, Natalia Lavaggi, Julian Haig, Kari Staten, Romeo Lavaggi, Leandro Vargas Caballero, Sahara Forest
Cinematography: Farhad Ghaderi
Runtime: 9 min
Country: Canada
Languages: English, Spanish

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