Details

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. 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.

Cast/Performers

Laua Pizarro, Juan Carlos Zagal, Bernardita Montero, Cristian Garin, Jose Manuel Aguirre

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Laura Pizarro, Dauno Totoro, Juan Carlos Zagal
Company: Teatro Cinema
Director(s): Juan Carlos Zagal, Jose Pedro Pizarro (air director), Luis Alcaide (technical director)
Costume: Monica Navarro
Music: Juan Carlos Zagal (original music)