Black Butterflies
2011, Film, 100 min, Biography, Drama, Dutch, Germany, MoviePedia score 62
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.
Directed by Paula van der Oest
Cast
- Carice van Houten as Ingrid Jonker
- Liam Cunningham as Jack Cope
- Rutger Hauer as Abraham Jonker
- Graham Clarke as Uys Krige
- Nicholas Pauling as Eugene Maritz
- Candice D'Arcy as Anna Jonker
- Ceridwen Morris as Marjorie
- Grant Swanby as Jan Rabie
- Waldemar Schultz as Etienne le Roux
- Tarryn Page as Irma
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