Rex Butterfly
Synopsis
The Krewe of Rex added its first major parade float in decades for the 2012 Mardi Gras. The ‘Butterfly King’
Rex Butterfly shows the process from clay to street through a surreal musical journey.
Directed, edited and scored by Giorgio Bertuccelli it features the work of his brother, master float builder, Jonathan Bertuccelli who is the latest in a lineage of master float builders.
The film also features music form New Orleans artists ; Egg Yolk Jubilee ,Rosemary Malign and Ricky Sebastian
The film is dedicated to the Bertuccelli brothers’ father, Papier-mache master Raoul Bertuccelli.
