Employing only a voiceover and two pairs of hands, the short film puts forth its message and all that it intends to convey. It invokes the disturbing, but relevant reality of child sexual abuse, one that mars the very innocence that childhood embodies.
All of this is achieved by means of symbols and metaphors. As a little girl, fragile as a butterfly (suggested by the title of the film which translates to butterfly) plays with her crayons, drawing colourful pictures from memory, her hand is forced in a direction that is against her desire. Violence, force and sexual oppression are thus portrayed visually, using the same frames of hands, and the voiceover, reminding the viewer of the ugliness of the world they inhabit.
Read LessAll of this is achieved by means of symbols and metaphors. As a little girl, fragile as a butterfly (suggested by the title of the film which translates to butterfly) plays with her crayons, drawing colourful pictures from memory, her hand is forced in a direction that is against her desire. Violence, force and sexual oppression are thus portrayed visually, using the same frames of hands, and the voiceover, reminding the viewer of the ugliness of the world they inhabit.
