

Butterfly
Papillon
Overview
A Jewish North African middle-aged man's swim in the sea triggers memories of his earlier life as an Olympic swimmer before and after World War II.
- Production
- Sacrebleu Productions, XBO films
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- Director
- Florence Miailhe
- Writers
- Florence Miailhe
- Producers
- Ron Dyens,Luc Camilli
- Cinematography
- Guillaume Hoenig
- Composer
- Pierre Oberkampf
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CinemaSerf
January 19, 2026
There’s a really quite sad story contained within this short, sketch-style, animation. It’s inspired by the life of Alfred Nakache. He was a French Algerian, dark skinned and Jewish swimmer who just happened to be at the top of his game just as the munificence of National Socialism was extending throughout Europe. Initially his fellow competitors rally around as he becomes the victim of discrimination, but as that becomes more enshrined in law he, his wife and child have to resort to desperate m…


