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How to catch a Butterfly

Director: Kiriko Mechanicus
The filmmaker writes letters to an American serial killer. What do his actions have to do with her sex life? And what does that say about our secret desires and human nature?
In 2021, American Robert Aaron Long murders eight Asian women in massage parlours in Atlanta, claiming he did so to suppress his uncontrollable sexual urges. In her debut documentary, awarded at multiple festivals, Dutch-Japanese filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus writes letters to the young murderer in an attempt to understand their mutual obsession. What do our ethnic fetishes reveal about our secret human desires?

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Periscoop Film
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Type: Short Documentary
Theme: Love & Romance, Society, Identity

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