Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies
Release: 2011-02-06
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.5
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Netherlands
South Africa
Production Companies
CoBo Fonds
IDTV Film
Cool Beans
Spier Films
Riba Film International
NTR
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Comet Film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Nicholas Pauling
as Eugene Maritz
Damon Berry
as Pieter Venter
Leon Clingman
as Valkenberg receptionist
Rutger Hauer
as Abraham Jonker
Graham Clarke
as Uys Krige
Carice van Houten
as Ingrid Jonker
Liam Cunningham
as Jack Cope
Grant Swanby
as Jan Rabie
Jennifer Steyn
as Lucille - Lulu
Waldemar Schultz
as Ettiene le Roux
