
A gentle, violent and surreal allegory on colonialism. It narrates the last day of Mr. Leo and his collection of butterflies from the Belgian Congo. Once a week, Mr. Leo visits the museum which for decades has exhibited his beloved butterflies. However, this last rendezvous will hurt him back into the Congo's violent past and within the deadly wings of his favorite butterfly: the Charaxes Imperialis.... (Full plot summary below)
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A gentle, violent and surreal allegory on colonialism. It narrates the last day of Mr. Leo and his collection of butterflies from the Belgian Congo. Once a week, Mr. Leo visits the museum which for decades has exhibited his beloved butterflies. However, this last rendezvous will hurt him back into the Congo's violent past and within the deadly wings of his favorite butterfly: the Charaxes Imperialis.
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