Black Butterflies

Overview

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.

Directed by Paula van der Oest

Top cast

Carice van Houten

Ingrid Jonker

Rutger Hauer

Abraham Jonker

Liam Cunningham

Jack Cope

Nicholas Pauling

Eugene Maritz

Grant Swanby

Jan Rabie

Graham Clarke

Uys Krige

Damon Berry

Pieter Venter

Jennifer Steyn

Lucille - Lulu

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Candice D'Arcy

Anna Jonker

Leon Clingman

Valkenberg receptionist

Waldemar Schultz

Ettiene le Roux

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Tarryn Page

Irma

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Sabrina Oschmann

Young Ingrid

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Florence Masebe

Maria

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Ceridwen Morris

Marjorie

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Thamsanqua Mbongo

Nkosi

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Louis Pretorius

Mike Loots

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Marthinus Van den Berg

Maruis Schoon

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