Directed by Tolga Karaçelik
Turkey | 2019 | Fiction | 117 min | Turkish w/ English subtitles
Film Source: Films Boutique
Sponsors: Theresa Hyland and Rick Stoner | Kim and Mitch Fleischer
This joyous film combines humor and heart with such ease that sometimes the audience has barely caught their breath from laughing before tears begin to flow. Following three estranged adult siblings (an astronaut, an actor and a teacher) on the road to visit their estranged father, we witness these urban characters forced to interact with the very different culture of their youth. As they move further away from their westernized lifestyles to the collectivist, traditional village in Turkey where they were born, the tone and artistic references shift, giving the film many layers of depth and power. However, Butterflies can just as easily be enjoyed as a simple family comedy-drama in which the characters face their long-avoided childhood traumas together — and in doing so discover their true identities. ~JS