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During the last moments of his life an old man feels the urge to carry out a forgotten ritual taught to him by the only survivor of an extinct and forgotten tribe. They believed each recently hatched butterfly was the spirit of a dead warrior searching for his kingdom. Every year at the same time the sacred men stood on a cliff, their arms open, palms covered in fresh nectar, waiting to feed the butterflies as they set off on their annual migration. This original and poetic story makes the very most of the celebrated Chilean company's striking visual style blending film and live action. Brave and ambitious, The Man Who Fed Butterflies asks questions about the true potential of the human mind.

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Author(s): Laura Pizarro, Dauno Totoro, Juan Carlos Zagal

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Archive listings for The Man Who Fed Butterflies (2010)

Work type: Play.

T566219134

A co-production between Edinburgh International Festival, Teatro Cinema, Santiago a Mil, Scène Nationale de Sète, Centre Dramatique Le Manège, Napoli Teatro Festival and Fondo Para El Desarrollo de Las Artes (Chilean Government). Performed in Spanish with English supertitles. Duration 1hr 45mins.Company Teatro Cinema. Director Juan Carlos Zagal. Director Jose Pedro Pizarro (air director). Costume Monica Navarro. Director Luis Alcaide (technical director). Music Juan Carlos Zagal (original music). Performer Laua Pizarro. Performer Juan Carlos Zagal. Performer Bernardita Montero. Performer Cristian Garin. Performer Jose Manuel Aguirre.

29 Aug 10 to 4 Sep 10

King's Theatre, Edinburgh :: V601
listing details L0600371504

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