Black Butterflies (2011)
Genre: Drama / Biography
Duration: 98 minuten
Country:
Netherlands / South Africa / Germany
Directed by: Paula van der Oest
Stars: Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer and Liam Cunningham
IMDb score:
6,2 (2.416)
Releasedate: 6 February 2011
Black Butterflies plot
Poet Ingrid Jonker has been looking for love and a home from an early age. Her father, who is part of the apartheid government as minister of censorship, has rejected her. However, many men are attracted to the beautiful and passionate Ingrid. At one point, Ingrid was in a relationship with two men at the same time: the famous and well-known South African writers Jack Cope and André Brink. Ingrid hopes that this way she can find the peace she has been looking for for years.
Actors and actresses
Ingrid Jonker
Abraham Jonker
Jack Cope
Eugene Maritz
Jan Rabie
Uys Krige
Pieter Venter
Lucille - Lulu
Anna Jonker
Valkenberg receptionist
Reviews & comments
jippie2010
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- 2614 messages
- 8136 votes
Tiresome movie.
The absurdity of apartheid seen through the eyes of a psychopathic bordello.
The setting is oppressive, technically the film scores high, but the role of Carice van Houten is disturbing and at times irritating. Almost impossible to empathize with her character. Shame. *2.5
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Baboesjka
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- 891 messages
- 1952 votes
A depressive movie. The image fits with it, it has something dark and sad, and I also like the acting. The story captivated me and I like the poems. It gives the film something poetic. I had never heard of Ingrid Jonker before. Her life story touches me. 4*
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
In the first speech after his release, Nelson Mandela quoted the poem 'Die Kind' by the South African Ingrid Jonker. Carice van Houten takes on the role of this tormented woman who, after the death of her mother, grows up together with her sister [Candice D'Arcy] with her father Abraham [Rutger Hauer], whom she did not know until then. Abraham turns out to be a strict father, with conservative ideas against which Ingrid opposes, although this is mainly limited to a turbulent love life and poems in which she knows how to express the urge for liberation in a striking way. Van Houten is excellent, but her character comes across as quite self-centered and that makes it difficult to sympathize with her character and get emotionally involved in the events in her life.
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