Aria
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Pravda Productions A/S
- Animation studio
- Vulkan Studios
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
An animated short inspired by Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly: The puppet Butterfly lives alone on an island, until a white ship brings the handsome sailor Pinkerton. They become passionate lovers. Eventually, his ship leaves, and Butterfly waits longingly for her lover to return. She feels an ocean of life growing in her belly. The ocean swells, and a small, unprotected mussel washes up on the shores of her body. He soon grows into a beautiful child. But when Pinkerton finally returns, he tears away Butterfly's child, dashing all her fragile hopes. Butterfly can find comfort only in death... yet how is a puppet to die?
Characters
Pinkerton, Butterfly
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Pjotr Sapegin
- Assistant Directors
- Siri Natvik, Kaja Wright Polmar
Producing
- Producer
- Marcel Jean (NFB), David Reiss-Andersen (Pravda)
- Assistant to Producer
- Francine Langdeau
Writing
- Writer
- Berit Reiss-Andersen
Animation
- Animator
- Pjotr Sapegin, Ronald Kubicek Hansen, Eugenia Bogolubova
Music
- Music
- Giacomo Puccini (From "Madame Butterfly")
- Musical Collaborator
- Denis L. Chartrand
- Music Arranger
- Normand Roger
- Singer
- Natalie Choquette
Editing
- Editor
- Pål Gengenbach
Crew
- Art Direction
- Ronald Kubicek Hansen
- Images
- Natasha Nikitina, Janne Hansen
- Cinematography
- Janne Hansen
- Sound
- François Arbour
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Serge Boivin
- Arri Laser Recording
- Pelle Folmer, Andreas Rostock
- Sound Editor
- Jean-Baptiste Roger
- Music Recordists
- Carl Talbot, Patrick Viegas
- Model Maker
- Ronald Kubicek Hansen
- Special Effects
- Natasja Nikitina
- Inferno Artist
- Claus Greffel
- Puppet Maker
- Eugenia Bogolubova
- Puppets Daily Care
- Christine Groos
- Technical Coordinator
- Andrée Delagrave
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Dorte Kampp
- Intermediate Negative Processing
- Jens Kruse
- Colorist
- Natasha Leonett
- Consultant (Photography)
- Kjell Vassdal
- Special Thanks
- Arcadi Raskin
Production notes
Silent film.
Release date is that of limited exhibition in the United States.
Release date is that of limited exhibition in the United States.
Awards
Nominee, Genie Award, Best Animated Short, Marcel Jean, David Reiss-Andersen and Pjotr Sapegin, 2002.
Nominee, First Prize (Short Films), Pjotr Sapegin, Montréal World Film Festival, 2001.
Best International Short Film, International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie, Moncton, New Brunswick, 2002.
Jury Award, Golden Sheaf Awards/Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 2002.
Amanda Award, Best Short Film (Årets Kortfilm), Pjotr Sapegin, Norway, 2002.
International Grand Prix, with a cash prize of 25,000Dkr (approx. $5,140 Canadian), Pjotr Sapegin, Odense International Film Festival, 2002.
UIP Grimstad Prize, Grimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival, Oslo, 2002.
Audience Award, Best Short Fiction Film, Pjotr Sapegin, Århus Film Festival, 2002.
Honorable Mention, Animated Films and Video, Pjotr Sapegin, Leipzig DOK Festival, 2002.
First Prize, with a cash prize of 1,525 Euros and 1,525 Euros in laboratory services, Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2002.
Grand Prix "Wooden Wolf," Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia, 2002.
Bronze Plaque Award, Entertainment, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2002.
Honorary Mention, Nordisk Panorama, Oulu, Finland, 2002.
Third Prize for Best Film given by the Professional Jury, Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, 2002
Nominee, First Prize (Short Films), Pjotr Sapegin, Montréal World Film Festival, 2001.
Best International Short Film, International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie, Moncton, New Brunswick, 2002.
Jury Award, Golden Sheaf Awards/Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 2002.
Amanda Award, Best Short Film (Årets Kortfilm), Pjotr Sapegin, Norway, 2002.
International Grand Prix, with a cash prize of 25,000Dkr (approx. $5,140 Canadian), Pjotr Sapegin, Odense International Film Festival, 2002.
UIP Grimstad Prize, Grimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival, Oslo, 2002.
Audience Award, Best Short Fiction Film, Pjotr Sapegin, Århus Film Festival, 2002.
Honorable Mention, Animated Films and Video, Pjotr Sapegin, Leipzig DOK Festival, 2002.
First Prize, with a cash prize of 1,525 Euros and 1,525 Euros in laboratory services, Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2002.
Grand Prix "Wooden Wolf," Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia, 2002.
Bronze Plaque Award, Entertainment, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2002.
Honorary Mention, Nordisk Panorama, Oulu, Finland, 2002.
Third Prize for Best Film given by the Professional Jury, Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, 2002