Blue Butterfly, The


Release Information: February 20, 2004; au Québec WIDE version française and voa on 9 screens; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 2004; Toronto (Canada Square), Vancouver vo; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); March 5, 2004; au Québec WIDE version française and voa on 9 screens; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); March 5, 2004; Toronto (Canada Square), Vancouver vo; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 2004; au Québec WIDE version française and voa on 9 screens; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 2004; Toronto (Canada Square), Vancouver vo; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); March 5, 2004; au Québec WIDE version française and voa on 9 screens; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); March 5, 2004; Toronto (Canada Square), Vancouver vo; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)


Funding Sources: Canadian Feature Film Fund (Telefilm Canada)
Corus Entertainment

Production Details


Executive Producer: Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Michael Haggiag; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Arnie Gelbart; Claude Bonin; Claude Bonin; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Francine Allaire; Pete McCormack

97 minutes, 2002

The story of a ten-year-old boy with brain cancer who has a dream to catch the most beautiful butterfly on earth, the Blue Morpho.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Blue Butterfly Commentary

It is unusual for a child character to control a quest narrative; but The Blue Butterfly (2004) presents just this premise. The child, Pete Carlson (Marc Donato), is a ten-year-old boy who is dying of a brain tumour. He’s also an amateur...

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