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Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

5.6 (37) ·2011 ·100 min ·Movie
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.

Top Cast

Carice van Houten
Carice van Houten
Ingrid Jonker
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
Abraham Jonker
Liam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham
Jack Cope
Nicholas Pauling
Nicholas Pauling
Eugene Maritz
Grant Swanby
Grant Swanby
Jan Rabie
Graham Clarke
Graham Clarke
Uys Krige
Damon Berry
Damon Berry
Pieter Venter
Jennifer Steyn
Jennifer Steyn
Lucille - Lulu
Candice D'Arcy
Anna Jonker
Leon Clingman
Leon Clingman
Valkenberg receptionist

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