Black Butterflies
5.5
100 minutes
2/6/2011
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.
Cast List
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
Sabrina Oschmann
as Young Ingrid
Florence Masebe
as Maria
Ceridwen Morris
as Marjorie
Thamsanqua Mbongo
as Nkosi
Louis Pretorius
as Mike Loots
Marthinus Van den Berg
as Maruis Schoon