Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

100 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 6, 2011

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.

Black Butterflies

100 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 6, 2011

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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Spier Films, CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, NTR, Cool Beans, Riba Film International
Original title Black Butterflies
Directors Paula van der Oest
Writers Greg Latter

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 Ettiene le Roux

Tarryn Page

as Irma

Sabrina Oschmann

as Young Ingrid

Florence Masebe

as Maria

Ceridwen Morris

as Marjorie

Louis Pretorius

as Mike Loots

Marthinus Van den Berg

as Maruis Schoon