The Memory of Butterflies

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

Documentário / Super 8, Archive footage / Peru, Portugal / 2025

Within a singular photograph, Omarino and Aredomi emerge, their stories lost in the echoes of the rubber boom. This depiction sparks an exploration into my ancestral ties to the rubber industry. Their narratives intertwine in The Memory of Butterflies, a personal voyage that fuses reality with dream, history with imagination. This ethereal journey delves into the interconnections of authority, remembrance, accountability, and inheritance, all nestled within the vestiges of bygone days.
script and director TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI editing TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI, FERNANDA BONILLA and ELIZABETH LANDESBERG camera TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI and LALI MADUEÑO MEDINA sound recording FÉLIX BLUME and ISABEL TORRES sound design FÉLIX BLUME sound mix TIAGO MATOS color grading GONÇALO FERREIRA production MITI FILMS, OUBLAUM FILMES, PERPETUA CINE producers LALI MADUEÑO MEDINA, TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI and ICO COSTA funding ICA – Portuguese Cinema Institute, DAFO – Peru Cinema Institute, FORD FOUNDATION, TAMBO FILMS