Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies (2024)

2024

Drama / Romance

6.1 from 10 with total 20 votes

2011-02-06

100 minutes

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.

Carice van Houten character Ingrid Jonker

Rutger Hauer character Abraham Jonker

Liam Cunningham character Jack Cope

Nicholas Pauling character Eugene Maritz

Grant Swanby character Jan Rabie

Graham Clarke character Uys Krige

Damon Berry character Pieter Venter

Jennifer Steyn character Lucille - Lulu

Candice D'Arcy character Anna Jonker

Leon Clingman character Valkenberg receptionist

Waldemar Schultz character Ettiene le Roux

Tarryn Page character Irma

Sabrina Oschmann character Young Ingrid

Florence Masebe character Maria

Ceridwen Morris character Marjorie

Thamsanqua Mbongo character Nkosi

Louis Pretorius character Mike Loots

Marthinus Van den Berg character Maruis Schoon