Euro Kids

	An initiative of the EU MEDIA Programme with the support of the Italian Government Since 1992 MEDIA Salles has been promoting the European cinema and its circulation at theatrical level
	EURO KIDS - SCREENINGS 2002/2003

The butterfly
Original Title	Le papillon
Director	Philippe Muyl
Genre	Dramatic comedy
Country of origin	France
Language spoken	French
Year of production	2002
Admissions	941,499 (France, as at 4 February 2003)
Box Office	$ 5,507,769 (France, as at 4 February 2003)
Production	ALICELEO (Patrick Godeau) 1 quai Gabriel Péri 94340 Joinville-Le-Pont Phone + 33 143976800 Fax + 33 1 43976801 E-mail: aliceleo@club-internet.fr
Co-production	Canal +, Cofimage 13, France 2 Cinéma, Gimages 6, Natexis Banques Populaires Images 3, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Domestic distribution	RÉZO FILMS 29 Rue des Faubourg - Paris Phone: +33 142464630 Fax: +33 142464082 E-mail: infosrezo@rezofilms.com
Domestic release	18 December 2002
Sales agent	FRANCE TELEVISIONS DISTRIBUTION Sébastien Chesneau, International Sales Manager Phone: + 33 (0)1 56 22 90 70 Fax: + 33 (0)1 56 22 90 84 Website : www.frncetv.com
Awards	This film is one of the Giffoni Film Festival selection for the participants at "Focus on Europe - Kidflix Special"

List of Distributors
Release date	Country	Distributor
	Switzerland	GMH Distribution
29 August 2003 (Luxemburg) 25 December 2002 (Belgium)	Benbelux	Le Film de l'Elysees Bernard Brawerman Avenue du Château-Jaco, 1 1410 Waterloo Belgique Phone : +32 23520560 Fax : +32 23520570 E-mail : bernardb@filmselysee.be
Future release: end August 2003	Greece	Audio Visual Enterprises Takis Veremis 104 Ethnikis antisteseos 15351 Pallini Attikis - Grèce Phone : +30 2106603000 Fax : +30 2106666996 E-mail : tveremis@audiovisual.gr
Future release: end August 2003	Chyprus	Audio Visual Enterprises
To be distributed	Austria	Kool
Future release: 18/12/03	Germany	Kool Filmdist. Ludwig Amman et Michael Isele Belfortstrasse 37 79098 Freiburg i.Br Phone: +49 761407592 Fax: +49 761407592 E-mail: infokool@aol.com
To be distributed in 2003	Hungary	Best Hollywood Kft / Peekshill A.V.V Oliver Shiflish 1125 Budapest Trencseni U, 14 - Hongrie Phone: +36 12021449/2253066 (P) +36 309525257 Fax: +36 12020133 E-mail: oliver@best-hollywood.hu
Future release: January 2004	Slovakia	Best Hollywood Kft
Future release: October 2003	Czech Republic	Best Hollywood Kft
To be distributed	Scandinavia	CCV Willy Johansen (VP) Stromsveien 223 - PO Box 95 Alnabru N-0614 Oslo - Norvège Phone: +47 22610118 (P) +47 92266376 Fax : +47 23069910 E-mail : willy.johansen@ccvas.no
To be distributed	Poland	SPI Loni Farhi 928 Broadway, Suite 700, NY NY 10010 Phone: +1 2126735103 Fax: +1 2126735183 E-mail: loni@spiintl.com

SYNOPSIS

Eight-year-old Elsa and her single mother Isabel move into a new apartment block in Paris. Julien, a gruff watchmaker who is now a pensioner, lives in the same block. After the death of his son he now has one great passion: collecting butterflies.
One afternoon Elsa's mother does not come to pick her up at the Bistrot where they were to meet and where Julien can usually be found. The old man finds himself forced to accompany the girl home. From that moment on Elsa begins to visit Julien and she discovers that the old man is planning a visit to the Vercors region to capture a rare butterfly. Elsa hides in his car, only allowing herself to be found when it is too late to turn back. At first Julien decides to consign the girl to the police, but then he allows himself to be convinced to keep her with him when Elsa tells him that her mother is in agreement with this plan. The two embark on an adventurous journey during which they learn to get to know and to love each other, notwithstanding their differences. Julien teaches Elsa respect for life and for others, while Elsa helps Julien to rediscover the pleasure and warmth of laughter.