Black Butterflies

Dec 5, 2024

1h 23m

★ 8.3

A film for a better world

Overview

Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything because of global warming effects and they will be forced to emigrate to survive.

Genres

Animation

Documentary

Production Companies

Ikiru Films

Anangu Grup

Tunche Films

3Cat

Televisión Pública de Canarias

Mogambo Films

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales

Filo Animation Studios

Tinglado Film

RTVE

Black Butterflies Trailers

Cast

Valeria

Laura Gómez

Tanit

Bella Agossou

Shaila

Miranda Gas

César

David Comrie

Emuron

Jean-Didiere Aïssy

Kaira

Maria Jesús Lleonart

Aalik

Bernat Quintana

Priyanka

Mercè Montalà

Dayana

Miranda Guerrero Vargas

Agente Calcuta

Jaume Villanueva

Hennrick

Nicolás Infante Franco

Gayé

Jordi Navarro

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