Les Papillons Noirs -
"La nuit, tous les chagrins se grisent... De tout son cœur, on aimerait que disparaissent à jamais les papillons noirs." (At night, all sorrows get drunk... With all one's heart, we'd love for the black butterflies to disappear forever.) 3. Literary Origins: Pierrot Lunaire
This is currently the most popular reference. It is a French series (available on Netflix in many regions) about a struggling novelist, Adrien Winckler, who is hired to write the memoirs of an elderly man named Albert Desiderio. Les papillons noirs
As Albert recounts his life, the story transforms into a chilling confession of a serial-killing spree he committed with his great love, Solange. The "text" Adrien writes becomes a sensation, but it blurs the line between fiction and a horrifying reality. 2. The Classic Song: Serge Gainsbourg "La nuit, tous les chagrins se grisent
One of the most poetic "texts" on this topic is the song written by for Michèle Arnaud in 1966. Literary Origins: Pierrot Lunaire This is currently the