
Black Butterflies
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.
Release Date: 2011-02-06
Drama
Romance
★★★★★★★★★★ (35 votes)
Official website: http://www.blackbutterflies.nl/
Casts

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

Waldemar Schultz
as Ettiene le Roux