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Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

5.671/10

Release Date

06 February 2011

Country

Germany

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

Candice D'Arcy

Anna Jonker

Leon Clingman

Leon Clingman

Valkenberg receptionist

Waldemar Schultz

Waldemar Schultz

Ettiene le Roux

Tarryn Page

Tarryn Page

Irma

Sabrina Oschmann

Sabrina Oschmann

Young Ingrid

Florence Masebe

Florence Masebe

Maria

Ceridwen Morris

Ceridwen Morris

Marjorie

Thamsanqua Mbongo

Thamsanqua Mbongo

Nkosi

Louis Pretorius

Louis Pretorius

Mike Loots

Marthinus Van den Berg

Marthinus Van den Berg

Maruis Schoon

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