Black Butterflies (2011)
100 min
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
- February 6, 2011
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- 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
- Candice D'Arcy as Anna Jonker
- Leon Clingman as Valkenberg receptionist
- Waldemar Schultz as Etienne le Roux
- Tarryn Page as Irma
- Florence Masebe as Maria
- Ceridwen Morris as Marjorie
Crew
- Paula van der Oest · Director
- Greg Latter · Writer
- Michael Auret · Producer
- Richard Claus · Producer
- Frans van Gestel · Producer
- Arry Voorsmit · Producer
- Philip Miller · Composer
- Giulio Biccari · Cinematographer
- Sander Vos · Editor
- Ana Feyder · Casting director
- Job Gosschalk · Casting director
- Christa Schamberger · Casting director
- Jeremy Zimmermann · Casting director
- Darryl Hammer · Production designer