The Blue Butterfly
for thematic elements and language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
|
| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 36 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2004 |
| USA Release: |
October 22, 2004 (festival) DVD: May 23, 2006 |
Discover Amazing Insects of the Rain Forest / Ants / Butterflies
The Rain Forest: People, animals, facts
| Featuring | William Hurt, Pascale Bussières, Marc Donato, Steve Adams, Raoul Trujillo |
| Director |
Lea Pool — “Lost and Delirious”; “Set Me Free”; “The Savage Woman”; “Straight for the Heart” |
| Producer | Francine Allaire |
| Distributor | Alliance Atlantis Communications |
“The only way to catch a miracle is to believe in it.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: A terminally ill boy has one dying wish: to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth.
With his brain cancer reaching the terminal phase, Pete, a ten-year-old boy, takes refuge in observing the world of the insects. His biggest wish is to capture the blue Morpho, a butterfly found in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Pete asks his idol, the entomologist Alan Osborne, to help him carry out his dream. At first flat out refusing, the scientist reconsiders after Pete’s mother pleads with him. The three of them fly to Costa Rica, but the season of blue Morpho is drawing to a close and Alan and Pete only have a few days to capture a specimen.
