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Drama, Romance - 2011
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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.
Director:
,
Paula van der Oest
Cast:
,
Rutger Hauer
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Carice van Houten
,
Grant Swanby
,
Jennifer Steyn
,
Damon Berry
,
Graham Clarke
,
Leon Clingman
,
Nicholas Pauling
,
Candice D'Arcy

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
6 Feb 2011
Country:
DE, NL, ZA
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
7 wins & 4 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Always feels like a life schematically condensed rather than intimately explored.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
29 Feb 2012
fresh:
Black Butterflies is a dark, moving depiction of the life and death of a brave rebellious, idiosyncratic woman who made significant strides toward changing the world around her and paid a heavy toll for her passion.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
29 Feb 2012
rotten:
Black Butterflies scarcely tries to illuminate the substance of Jonker's writing.
– Sam Adams,
AV Club,
1 Mar 2012
fresh:
The movie reminds you of the extent to which poetry has been marginalized as a cultural force since the early 1960s.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Mar 2012
rotten:
Van Houten ... gives a strong performance as Jonker, and the cinematography is pleasing, but the script is cliche-ridden and ends on an overly sentimental note.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
2 Mar 2012
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