Les Papillons Japonais (Mariposas Japonesas)

France, 1908. Director Segundo de Chomón, Pathé Frères.

A trick film in which a magician’s botanical drawings come to life. A butterfly woman displays her costume before morphing into a serpentine dancer.

Past screenings

Birds of Paradise – London
15 November – 14 December 2010
Part of the Kinoscope Parlour, a London-wide installation of six peephole machines at twelve different locations launching in the run-up to the festival.