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Black Butterflies

2011-1h 40min
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5.7 / 10 35

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

Writers Greg Latter

Stars Carice van Houten Rutger Hauer Liam Cunningham

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Cast

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Carice van Houten

Ingrid Jonker
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Rutger Hauer

Abraham Jonker
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Liam Cunningham

Jack Cope
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Nicholas Pauling

Eugene Maritz
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Grant Swanby

Jan Rabie
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Graham Clarke

Uys Krige
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Damon Berry

Pieter Venter
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Jennifer Steyn

Lucille - Lulu
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Candice D'Arcy

Anna Jonker
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Leon Clingman

Valkenberg receptionist
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Waldemar Schultz

Ettiene le Roux
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Tarryn Page

Irma

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