Canada China International Film Festival presents Nadia, Butterfly

Cinema Cineplex Forum and VIP

Montreal

April 16, 2025

6:30 PM

$0.00

French

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Nadia, Butterfly

Director Pascal Plante

Run Time 107min

Genre Drama

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Summary

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nadia achieves her dream of winning an Olympic medal, marking the peak of her athletic career – and its end. As she navigates the aftermath with her fellow athletes, Nadia goes on an inspiring journey of self-discovery, while contemplating what lies ahead as she comes to the end of this phase of her life.

Based on director Pascale Plante’s own competitive swimming career, and also featuring Olympic swimmer Katherine Savard in the lead role, this stunning drama perfectly captures an experience that awaits all athletes in a uniquely realistic way.

“Nadia, Butterfly takes the gold.” – Chris Knight, The National Post

Cast Ariane Mainville, Katerine Savard, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Hilary Caldwell

Ratings by Province or Territory

14A

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

14A

Northwest Territories

14A

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Québec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Guests

Pascal Plante

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Montreal-based Plante is a screenwriter and director whose short film credits include Drum de marde!, Blue-Eyed Blonde, and Nonna, among others. His features include Les faux tatouages, which premiered at the Berlinale, Nadia, Butterfly, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival, and Les chambres rouges, which has garnered 15 awards and 34 nominations internationally.

Dominique Dussault

Ariane Mainville

Johnny Ma

Lucy Tulugarjuk (Inuk)

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Tulugarjuk is an actor, throat singer, writer and director who has starred in Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, L’iceberg, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen and Maïna, among other films. Tia and Piujuq was her directorial debut. She wrote, directed and starred in What We See, which won the Amplify Voices Award at TIFF 2023.

Event Primary Language

French

Event Details

Canada China International Film Festival will be showing the following films on April 16 for CanFilmDay in Montreal:

Tia and Piujuq at 4:30 PM EST,
Nadia, Butterfly at 6:30 PM EST, with special guest Pascal Plante.

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Cinema Cineplex Forum and VIP, 2313 St Catherine St West Suite 101, Montreal, QC, H3H 1N2
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