La Chasse aux papillons is a 1992 French drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani.

[1][2][3][4] Two older women, Marie-Agnès de Bayonette (Thamara Tarassachvili) and her cousin Solange (Narda Blanchet) live in a villa nestled in the hills over a nearby village.

Surrounded by the wealth, memories, and treasures collected over their lifetimes, they purposely ignore real estate development interests from the nearby town, specially those led by repeated efforts of the local magistrate who urges them to sell their home to a Japanese investment group.

In casting his films, Otar Iosseliani admitted to preferring unknowns, feeling that a famous name could be equated to hiring a whore.

Its original French release title is La Chasse aux papillons, but it also screened as A Caça às Borboletas in Portugal,[6] as Caccia alle farfalle in Italy,[4] Jagd auf Schmetterlinge in Germany,[7] as Kelebek avi in Turkey,[8] as Lepkevadászat in Hungary,[9] as Peplebze nadiroba (ნადირობა პეპლებზე) in Georgia,[10] as Охота на бабочек in Russia,[10] as Polowanie na motyle in Poland,[11] and as To kynigi tis petaloudas in Greece.