Elsa: How long does she live?Julien: Three days, three nights.
Elsa: That's not much.
Julien: It's a life. A butterfly's life.
7月29日的晚上，我无意间转到Central Channel，正好播着法国电影Le Papillon〈〈蝴蝶〉〉。当年电影公映时我错过了，现在终于如愿以偿，可惜的是我还是错过了前半段。
Elderly butterfly collector Julien (Michel Serrault) finds his quiet existence disrupted when eight-year-old Elsa (Claire Bouanich) moves into his apartment building with her young single mother (Nade Dieu). Since her mother is often absent, young Elsa is often left to fend for herself, and Julien reluctantly looks after her when her mother is nowhere to be found.
Little does he know that he has opened the door to a beguiling new world for the lonely, inquisitive little girl. Not only is she fascinated by the butterflies that she sees in his apartment, but receiving any attention from an adult is an appealing novelty—one that leads her to take a drastic step...
When she is stood up one too many times by her mother, she stows away with Julien on an expedition to find a butterfly he has sought after for years.
Julien nevertheless believes that he must take the responsibility of looking after her. Saddled with an unexpected and unwanted traveling companion, he decides to take her on his expedition to the Alps (阿尔卑斯山脉). She tags along behind him filled with questions and wide-eyed with wonder of a chrysalis turning into a butterfly. The experience is something she will, no doubt, never forget.
几天后，我从报纸上知道7月29日那天，演员Michel Serrault 过世了，享年七十九岁。巧合的是同一天，我从荧光幕认识了他，而他的人生舞台也正好剧终。
再见了蝴蝶爷爷。
...生命的长或短，同样是一生，最重要的是它曾经绽放光彩。
