A father gets to know the five-year-old daughter he abandoned in a Belgian drama that uses a naturalistic style to cover its soft heart.
In “The Elephant and the Butterfly,” Antoine (Thomas Blanchard), mild and bearded, with a look of telegraphed regret, shows up at the home of his former partner, Camille (Judith Chemla), to ask how she’s doing. She laughs in his face, just about choking on her sarcastic chuckles. These two haven’t seen each other in five […]
