In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Salma Hayek | ... | Minerva | |
| Edward James Olmos | ... | Trujillo | |
| Mía Maestro | ... | Mate | |
| Demián Bichir | ... | Manolo (as Demian Bichir) | |
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Pilar Padilla | ... | Dede |
| Lumi Cavazos | ... | Patria | |
| Marc Anthony | ... | Lio | |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | Captain Pena (as Pedro Armendariz Marquez) | |
| Ana Martín | ... | Mama | |
| Fernando Becerril | ... | Enrique Mirabal | |
| Anthony Alvarez | ... | Palomino | |
| Ermahn Ospina | ... | Jaimito | |
| Raúl Méndez | ... | Pedrito | |
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Mariana Sánchez | ... | Minerva 13 Years Old (as Mariana Sanchez) |
| Géraldine Bazán | ... | Patria 15 Years Old (as Geraldine Bazan) | |
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On November 25, 1960, the bodies of three sisters were found near the bottom of a cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official daily 'El Caribe' reports that it had been an accident, but it does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it mention the sisters' fierce opposition to the General Trujillo's dictatorship. This is their story: how Minerva started the tragedy by refusing Trujillo; how Patria became an opponent from the church itself; how Maria Teresa joined the revolution through the love. And how they lost their wings, but not their courage. They were Las Mariposas - "The Butterflies". Written by Diana Heche <dianaheche@hotmail.com>
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Written by George Hernandez
Performed by Orquestra Tropicana
Courtesy Tropicana Records/Hall of Fame Music
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Filming ended on the 40th anniversary of the Mirabal sisters' assassination. See more »Goofs
When Leo enters the chicken coop to talk to Minerva he leaves the door slightly ajar. When he makes to leave the coop, the door is wide open. See more »Soundtracks
Que MerengueWritten by George Hernandez
Performed by Orquestra Tropicana
Courtesy Tropicana Records/Hall of Fame Music
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"Butterflies", the code name for three sisters and underground resistance conspirators in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorial Trujillo regime, bounds through time like a mediocre biopic taking pause at moments obviously designed to evoke emotion rather than infusing a sense of reality. Although an okay shoot technically, the film tries to do too much, doesn't give any real sense of Dominican history, and comes off like a soapy evil dictator vs three babes who even manage to find lip rouge in prison. Melodrama not for realists which attempts to connect the three sibs with Trujillo's assassination by association as opposed to fact. A poor testament to three martyrs.