Black Butterflies

Mar 31 2011 Not Rated 1h 40m
Biography, Drama

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.

Plot

She searched for a home, she searched for love. Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship. With men like Jack Cope (Liam Cunningham) and Andre Brink, she found much love, but no home. In his first speech to the South African Parliament, Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addresses her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.

Written by

Greg Latter

Directed by

Paula van der Oest

Cast

Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, Netherlands, South Africa

Production Companies

CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Spier Films, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Riba Film International

Languages

English

Awards

13 wins & 6 nominations

Trailers
Black Butterflies ~ Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,412
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
66
Popularity
NA