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Black Butterflies

2011-02-06 · 100 min · ★ 5.6

Drama · Romance

Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.

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Directors
Paula van der Oest
Production companies
CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Spier Films, Riba Film International, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Comet Film
Countries
Germany, Netherlands, South Africa
Status
Released

Top Cast

Carice van HoutenCarice van HoutenIngrid Jonker
Rutger HauerRutger HauerAbraham Jonker
Liam CunninghamLiam CunninghamJack Cope
Nicholas PaulingNicholas PaulingEugene Maritz
Grant SwanbyGrant SwanbyJan Rabie
Graham ClarkeGraham ClarkeUys Krige
Damon BerryDamon BerryPieter Venter
Jennifer SteynJennifer SteynLucille - Lulu
Candice D'ArcyAnna Jonker
Leon ClingmanLeon ClingmanValkenberg receptionist
Waldemar SchultzWaldemar SchultzEttiene le Roux
Tarryn PageIrma
Sabrina OschmannYoung Ingrid
Florence MasebeMaria
Ceridwen MorrisMarjorie
Thamsanqua MbongoNkosi
Louis PretoriusMike Loots
Marthinus Van den BergMaruis Schoon

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