The Garden of Preserving Harmony
from the novel
Chants de Papillons Blancs -
Songs of White Butterflies



        
 
    It is a contemporary love story, conditioned by heavy social rules, between a European and two Chinese women, from different cultures and existential backgrounds. Bruno, Hua e Mei are respectively 70, 60 and 40 years old.
   Their lives are revealed through three diaries that intertwine without their knowledge. They show, with uncompromising acuity, the mysterious twists and turns of a struggle for an ideal. It is composed of music, song and poetry, animated by freedom, equality and solidarity.
   Faced with difficulties, will these three characters succeed in overcoming their fears in order to live in a better world ?


        

       






Locations

Roma (Italy), Peking, Xi'an, Canton,  Shenyang,  Long Shan Gong  Mu  (near Fushun), Yunnan Mountains, Lijian  River, Lijian City, a village in Yunnan.

  

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Huà in her youth
                  

        
The traditional dress worn by Huà when Carlo saw her for the first time, and when she met him 40 years later.   
 






The photo with her name 花 (Flower)
given to the loved Carlo for memory
when she met him
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The man's trip landscapes looking for Huà.















The village where Huà was sentenced to live.








The works Huà must to do




  Huà's pupils after the end of her condemnation

The Huà's House in the village



The cemetery where the man seeks the Huà's grave




The park where the two lovers meet after 40 years