Butterfly

Butterfly

Butterfly

7.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

23

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2025

Release Year

15 min

Runtime

Animation

Drama

History

Overview

A Jewish North African middle-aged man's swim in the sea triggers memories of his earlier life as an Olympic swimmer before and after World War II.

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Keywords

world war ii

antisemitism

swimmer

discrimination

hand painted animation

ww2

wwii

Cast

Fayçal Zafi

Alfred Nakache (voice)

Jessica Jaouiche

Paule Nakache (voice)

Yassine Mestaoui

Young Alfred Nakache (voice)

Alexandre Liebe

Sports Commentator (voice)

Johannes Oliver Hamm

Johannes Oliver Hamm

Sports Commentator (voice)

Hocine Ben

Sports Commentator / Police Officer / Soldier (voice)

Olivier Peissel

Olivier Peissel

Sports Commentator / Police Officer / Soldier (voice)

Foued Kemeche

Coach (voice)

Images

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 19, 2026

7

7/10

There’s a really quite sad story contained within this short, sketch-style, animation. It’s inspired by the life of Alfred Nakache. He was a French Algerian, dark skinned and Jewish swimmer who just happened to be at the top of his game just as the munificence of National Socialism was extending thr…

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