Black Butterflies

2011
6.1| 1h40m| en| Drama, Romance
Storyline

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.

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Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

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  • Black Butterflies 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
Damon Berry as Pieter Venter
Jennifer Steyn as Lucille - Lulu
Leon Clingman as Valkenberg receptionist