Butterfly Tale

Butterfly Tale is a 2023 animated family adventure film directed by Sophie Roy and written by Heidi Foss and Lienne Sawatsky. It features the voices of Tatiana Maslany and Mena Massoud. Based on the real-life migration of monarch butterflies, the plot follows an young butterfly named Patrick who goes on a adventure over North America to follow his dream of flight althrough he has one wing.

Plot
Butterfly Tale is a heart-warming coming of age animated feature film about Patrick, a gutsy and resourceful teen butterfly who cannot fly – but won’t let that keep him down! It is a tale of adventure, self-realization and heroism told with humour whose message is that our differences are less important than the bonds we share, and it is in adversity that our true character shines through.

Cast

 * Mena Massoud as Patrick, a shy teenage monarch butterfly who was born with a smaller wing
 * Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer, a rebellious female monarch butterfly
 * Lucinda Davis as Marty, a dimwitted knit cap-wearing caterpillar who is Patrick's best friend
 * Richard M. Dumont as Jay, a villainous yellow grosbeak
 * Edda Fischer as Margaret, Patrick's mother

Production
In November 2022, it was announced that Maslany and Massoud were cast as the voices of Jennifer and Patrick respectively, as well the film will feature original songs by Shawn Mendes and Johnny Orlando. The film is a Canadian-German co-production between CarpeDiem Film & TV, Ulysses Filmproduktion and Senator Film Köln with animation done at Singing Frog Studio in Montreal and Studio Rakete in Hamburg. It marks Sophie Roy's feature directorial debut.

Release
The film was first released in Spain on September 29, 2023, one month later at Canada on October 13, 2023. with the release date in Germany being February 1, 2024.