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Original Titles B

Bellas Mariposas

English title: Pretty Butterflies
German title: Schöne Schmetterlinge *
Italy, 2011

Director: Mereu, Salvatore
Production company: Viacolvento, Rai Cinema
Age recommendation: 12 years and up

Synopsis:
3 August, Cagliari: a poor neighborhood. At three in the morning eleven-year-old Cate is woken by the screams of her eccentric neighbor. Cate wants to run away from that apartment, from her numerous and problematic siblings and her tyrannical father. Only Gigi, a neighbor, is worthy of her love. She does not want to end up like her sister Mandarina, who got pregnant at thirteen. Or like Samantha, the neighborhood sex siren. And today, on 3 August, Gigi’s life is in danger: Tonio, Cate’s brother, wants to kill him. Cate warns Luna, her best friend. The two of them spend the longest day of their lives between the city, the sea and a thousand adventures. But her beloved Gigi is in danger. And when everything seems lost, during the night a beautiful woman appears out of nowhere: the mysterious Aleni, a witch who apparently can see into people’s futures...

Festivals:
Venice 2012, Rotterdam 2013, Göteborg 2013, Copenhagen IFF 2013, BUFF Malmö 2013, Lucas Frankfurt 2013

World sales address/es:
Celluloid Dreams (F)