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Black Butterflies

  • 20112011
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  • 1h 40m
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6.1/10
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Black Butterflies (2011)
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In Apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.In Apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.In Apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.
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    • Paula van der Oest
    • Greg Latter
  • Stars
    • Carice van Houten
    • Liam Cunningham
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Paula van der Oest
    • Greg Latter
  • Stars
    • Carice van Houten
    • Liam Cunningham
    • Rutger Hauer
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    • 10User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Carice van Houten in Black Butterflies (2011)
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    Carice van Houten
    Carice van Houten
    • Ingrid Jonker
    Liam Cunningham
    Liam Cunningham
    • Jack Cope
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Abraham Jonker
    Graham Clarke
    Graham Clarke
    • Uys Krige
    Nicholas Pauling
    Nicholas Pauling
    • Eugene Maritz
    Candice D'Arcy
    • Anna Jonker
    Ceridwen Morris
    • Marjorie
    Grant Swanby
    Grant Swanby
    • Jan Rabie
    Waldemar Schultz
    • Etienne le Roux
    Tarryn Page
    • Irma
    Louis Pretorius
    • Mike Loots
    Damon Berry
    • Pieter Venter
    Martinus Van Der Berg
    • Marius Schoon
    • (as Marthinus Van den Berg)
    Florence Masebe
    • Maria
    Jennifer Steyn
    • Lucille Jonker (Lulu)
    Thami Mbongo
    • Nkosi
    • (as Thamsanqua Mbongo)
    Nicholas Allers
    • Elderly man
    Diane Wilson
    • Ouma
      • Paula van der Oest
      • Greg Latter
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    • Trivia
      Carice van Houten and Liam Cunningham appeared on Game of Thrones (2011).
    • Connections
      Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #6.66 (2010)
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      NOCTURNE LAMENT VARIATION
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    5/10
    Melodrama lacking in compelling drama
    After the death of their grandmother, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) and her sister Anna were given to their estranged father Abraham (Rutger Hauer). He is an overbearing father and becomes the minister of censorship. She has a baby and can't get rid of her clingy husband. One day, she's rescued by writer Jack Cope (Liam Cunningham) and they begin a stormy affair.

    Maybe there is a compelling story in this person's bio. They didn't find it in this movie. Director Paula van der Oest has put in a lot of poetry and made a boring melodrama. The story has no excitement. Rutger Hauer plays domineering father well but he lacks menace and screen time. Ingrid Jonker's life is a mess and that's really all I got out of the movie.
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    • Release date
      • March 31, 2011 (Netherlands)
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • South Africa
      • Official site (Netherlands)
      • English
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    • Production companies
      • IDTV Film
      • Cool Beans
      • Comet Film Produktion GmbH
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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