

Black Butterflies
2024-12-05 · 83 min · ★ 8.3
Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything because of global warming effects and they will be forced to emigrate to survive.
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- Directors
- David Baute
- Production companies
- Ikiru Films, Anangu Grup, Tunche Films, 3Cat, Filo Animation Studios, Tinglado Film
- Countries
- Panama, Spain
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Laura GómezValeria (voice)
Bella AgossouTanit (voice)
Miranda GasShaila (voice)
David ComrieCésar (voice)
Jaume VillanuevaEmuron/Agente Calcuta/Proxeneta/Hombre Turkana (voice) (as Jaime Villanueva)
Maria Jesús LleonartKaira (voice)
Bernat QuintanaAalik/Hombre Turkana (voice)
Mercè MontalàPriyanka/Enfermera 1 (voice)
Àlex RodésNathana/Niño Turkana (voice)
Elena BarraAjuma (voice)
Neus SendraGuía inglesa/Turista 1/Vecina Kafukou/Mujer Tukana (voice)
Luis Torrelles GallegoPolicía Nairobi/Vendedor Nairobi/Vecino 2/Hombre Turkana/Niño Turkana (voice)
Roger PeraKafil/Vecino 1/Hombre Turkana (voice)
Iris LagoMujer Kafil/Turista 2/Sobrina/Mujer Turkana (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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