The Memory of Butterflies (2025)

Original title

La memoria de las mariposas

Directed by

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

Genre

documentary film

Country

Peru, Portugal

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

12

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker traces the forgotten stories of two Indigenous people from the Amazon rubber trade. She connects archival research with her own family history to bring their lives into focus.

contemplativeintimatehistoricalmeditativearchivalpersonalpoeticquietly profound

What happens

The Memory of Butterflies (Spanish: La memoria de las mariposas) is a 2025 documentary film written, co-produced and directed by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski in her directorial debut. The film documents the lost stories of Omarino and Aredomi emerging from the shadows of the rubber trade. It is a journey through Amazonian archives that connects research, speculation and the filmmaker’s own family history. The film was selected in Forum at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had first screening on 16 February 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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