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Black Butterflies
Sign in to save2011 film by Paula van der Oest
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5.6Confronted 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.
Released: 2011-02-06100 minDir: Paula van der OestDrama, Romance
Cast
- Carice van Houten as Ingrid Jonker
- Rutger Hauer as Abraham Jonker
- Liam Cunningham as Jack Cope
- Nicholas Pauling as Eugene Maritz
- Grant Swanby as Jan Rabie
- Graham Clarke as Uys Krige
Themes
- apartheid
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Ingrid Jonker
- Director
- Paula van der Oest
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- FilmAffinity ID
- 230507
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.blackbutterflies.nl
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- publication date
- 2011-02-06
- film editor
- Sander Vos
- title
- Black Butterflies
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.6/10
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