BLACK BUTTERFLIES
synopsis
She searched for a home, she searched for love. Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of censorship. With men like Jack Cope and Andre Brink she found much love, but no home. In his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addresses her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
original title: | Black Butterflies |
country: | Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Paula van der Oest |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | NL 31/03/2011, FR 22/02/2012 |
screenplay: | Greg Latter |
cast: | Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham, Grant Swanby, Leon Clingman, Candice D'Arcy |
cinematography by: | Giulio Biccari |
art director: | Darryl Hammer |
costumes designer: | Rae Donnelly |
producer: | Karl Baumgartner, Debi Nethersole, Arry Voorsmit |
production: | IDTV Film, Riba Filmproductions, Comet Films, Spier Films UK, NTR |
distributor: | A-Film Distribution, Zootrope Films |