FEATURED DOCUMENTARY (55 min.)

The film tells the story of a man with shocking sincerity and openness in confession of two different personalities, women and men living in one body. Our star was born in 1963 in a small village in north of Czech republic at the time of deep communism. After his military service, he had a daughter.  At that time, identified as gay, he decided to leave his wife and daughter and moved to Prague, where he worked as a chef. He began to explore the nightlife of Prague’s gay community that lived in secrecy from the mainstream society. With the nickname Sonja Buterfly he started to realize his dreams and desires. Sonja became a member of popular travesty group called Butterflies and within a few years she developed into a real star. In the middle of 90´s the group was one of the best on the Czechoslovakian club scene. Their performances in the cabarets was sold out, tickets purchased weeks in advance, they perform in TV shows, with popular artists. Sonja experienced a period of glory and she was enjoying new luxury life. But just as a man dressed in a woman dress in the spotlight of cabaret. The man is called Luboš, and he has had to fight dramatically with the life of Sonja. The film is in the form of an interview, followed  by unique private archives and also a one-time recording of the return of Butterflies to the scene, which was made especially for the film. Interviews took place between 1999 and 2014. Each episode of her life is told in costume by some of the singers that Sonja depicted. The last interview of the film is already conducted with Luboš. Sonja no longer exists, and with all the consequences Luboš lived the life he left.