The Memory of Butterflies
Plot
A photo of two indigenous boys brought by force to Europe opens an investigation of the past with meditations on the filmmaker’s own family using roughly textured analogue footage. A monument for the indigenous victims of the rubber trade in Peru.
About The Memory of Butterflies
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.
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