Movie
Black Butterflies (2011)
Drama · Romance
Story
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.
Director: Paula van der Oest Starring: Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer, Liam Cunningham, Nicholas Pauling
Black Butterflies Cast
- Carice van Houten as Ingrid Jonker
- Rutger Hauer as Abraham Jonker
- Liam Cunningham as Jack Cope
- Nicholas Pauling as Eugene Maritz
- Grant Swanby as Jan Rabie
- Graham Clarke as Uys Krige
- Damon Berry as Pieter Venter
- Jennifer Steyn as Lucille - Lulu
- Candice D'Arcy as Anna Jonker
- Leon Clingman as Valkenberg receptionist
- Waldemar Schultz as Ettiene le Roux
- Tarryn Page as Irma
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