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«Butterflyis a comedy-drama produced in France. The plot is based on the story of little Elsa. Her mother works a lot, as she is raising her daughter alone, but in her free time she prefers to have fun rather than spend time with the girl. Their lonely elderly neighbor Julien is obsessed with a dream, he has been collecting butterflies for a long time and wants to find a rare species of “Isabella”.
That evening everything was as usual. Elsa was left alone. She met Julien, he showed her his collection of butterflies. They made a huge impression on the girl. When the old man goes on a journey in search of “Isabella”, Elsa decides to accompany him. Of course, Julien refuses her, but the girl shows ingenuity and cunning …
Warm, kind film for family viewing. Surprisingly, even men like it, causing them a whole range of feelings. If you love soulful cinema and are looking for something similar, check out our selection of films similar to 2002’s Butterfly.
10 Woman in the yard (2014)
French drama about the life of the inhabitants of an old Parisian courtyard. The protagonist of the moviewoman in the yard» 40-year-old Antoine decides to end his career as a musician. Soon he finds himself a new job. Concierge. Better than nothing.
Matilda has recently retired. A woman notices a crack in the wall in her living room. This fact haunts her, she thinks that the house will collapse. Gradually, Matilda begins to go crazy. Antoine cannot pass by. He feels sorry for the woman, he tries to make friends with her…
9. Mistral Council (2014)
Leah, Adrien and Theo never saw their grandfather. Their mother stopped all communication with her parents after another quarrel. However, the children are not at all eager to meet Grandfather Paul, because yesterday their father announced that he was leaving the family. Grandfather, accustomed to a calm and measured life, is also not very happy with the arrival of his grandchildren.
Will representatives of two different generations be able to find a common language? Is there a chance for grandchildren and grandfather to know and understand each other? The answers to these questions in the film “Mistral Council».
8. Universal Birder’s Guide (2013)
The film is based on the short film Aquarium. “Universal Birder’s Guideis the story of a 15-year-old teenager. He is fond of birds and wants to become an ornithologist in the future. Although he is already ready to take an honorable place in the history of avian science. David Portnoy is confident that this will happen very soon.
He found the secret to longevity. To do this, the guy needs to find Labrador ducks, which became extinct at the end of the XNUMXth century. David and his friends embark on a perilous journey…
7. Alien relatives (2002)
Film “Alien relativestells about the fate of a Jewish boy during the Second World War. It takes place in France in 1942. The territory of the country is occupied by Nazi Germany. Edmond Botignol is not worried about this. He owns a butcher shop, and the man is worried about a completely different issue: someone is stealing food from the basement. Edmond suspects the neighbor’s boy Simon from a Jewish family.
Soon the deportation of Jews begins, Botignol does not care. But when Simon appeared on his doorstep, begging for help, the man could not remain indifferent. Risking his life, he tries to save an orphaned boy. Edmond has a plan – all he needs to do is get Simon across the Swiss border. This will not be easy to do. A man and a boy embark on a dangerous journey…
6. Saint Vincent (2014)
Vincent – an elderly grouchy man, a veteran of the Vietnam War. He loves alcohol and gambling, is dating a stripper and is constantly in need of money. It is for this reason that he does not refuse the part-time job that is offered to him. You just need to look after the neighbor’s 12-year-old boy. For a small fee, he agrees to become a nanny.
Of course, the boy Oliver is not at all happy that some crazy, unsociable old man will look after him. At first, the relationship between them does not add up, but gradually Vincent manages to find a common language with the boy, moreover, he becomes his mentor and close friend…
5. Living Together (2011)
Five old friends decide to start life togethernot to end up in a nursing home. Each of them has its own character and life story. Romantic revolutionary Jean, along with his psychologist wife Annie; Albert, who suffers from dementia, and his wife, Jean, who is diagnosed with cancer; an aging womanizer, widower Claude – such a company is selected.
An ethnologist named Dirk decides to join them. He is writing a dissertation, the topic of which is directly related to the elderly …
Modern French cinema that touches on such important topics as aging and death.
4. Katerina from the city (2003)
Giancarlo Iacovoni transports his family to Rome. His daughter Katerina is 13 years old and will now study at a new school. In Katerina’s class, most of the students are from good wealthy families, there are even children of politicians.
She meets Margarita and Daniela. Katerina is lost in their background, she realizes that she has no idea who she really is.
girl, Katherine from the city, as it is called, you will have to understand yourself and find answers to questions that concern her. She will not be left alone, in this difficult situation Edward, a boy who lives next door, will help her. He knows a lot and understands even “adult” topics….
3. Road to Home (2002)
A young Korean woman finds herself in an unpleasant situation. She has many financial problems, and the woman decides to send her 7-year-old son to her grandmother. During this time, she will be able to fix everything.
The protagonist of the movieRoad to home» San Wu goes to a small, God-forsaken village, where his grandmother is waiting for him. This woman is no longer young, sick and infirm, and she also cannot talk. San Wu does not like it here, he begins to humiliate and insult the old woman, comes up with more and more sophisticated ways to annoy her. Grandma replies with love to every prank of her grandson…
2. Toto the Hero (2001)
The film begins with a fire scene. The maternity hospital is on fire. A young mother enters the children’s department, but she does not know which child is her son. Then the woman grabs the one who first screamed at her appearance. From this minute Toto-hero will blame this woman for all his troubles.
When the boy grows up, he says that he remembers what happened during the fire. He is not the son of the woman who saved him. He was supposed to become a hero, a secret agent, but now this is impossible, because he is forced to live someone else’s life …
1. Difficult age (2012)
Single mother Grace doesn’t give her daughter the attention she deserves. She is more concerned with work and an affair with a married Dr. Hartford. When an English teacher tells the kids coming-of-age stories, the girl has a dream. She wants to quickly become an adult and live away from her mother.
That’s just the main character of the film “A difficult age» not quite correct ideas about growing up. Growing up isn’t just about losing your virginity and trying drugs, Anciedad thinks differently. Together with her friend Tavitha, she chooses the shortest way to “growing up”…