Movie poster for Black Butterflies
TMDb Rating
5.5/10

36 verified votes

Black Butterflies (2011)

DramaRomance
100 min

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Paula van der Oest

Top Cast

Carice van HoutenRutger HauerLiam CunninghamNicholas PaulingGrant Swanby

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