Black Butterflies
2011, NL. Directed by Paula van der Oest.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- NL
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Cast & crew
- Paula van der OestDirector
- Carice van HoutenIngrid Jonker
- Rutger HauerAbraham Jonker
- Liam CunninghamJack Cope
- Nicholas PaulingEugene Maritz
- Grant SwanbyJan Rabie
- Graham ClarkeUys Krige
- Damon BerryPieter Venter
- Jennifer SteynLucille - Lulu
- Candice D'ArcyAnna Jonker
- Leon ClingmanValkenberg receptionist
- Waldemar SchultzEttiene le Roux
- Tarryn PageIrma
Details
- Released
- 6 February 2011
- Country
- Germany, Netherlands, South Africa
- Written by
- Greg Latter
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Black Butterflies runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Who directed Black Butterflies?
Black Butterflies (2011) was directed by Paula van der Oest and stars Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham.