In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
- Directed by
- Mariano Barroso
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Mexico, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film tells the story of the Mirabal sisters, who secretly worked to overthrow a brutal dictator in the Dominican Republic. It focuses on their personal lives and the risks they took to fight for freedom.
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What happens
In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film, produced for the Showtime television network, directed by Mariano Barroso and based on Julia Álvarez's book of the same name. The story is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960. In the film, Salma Hayek played one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays Trujillo. Marc Anthony has a minor role as Minerva's first love, and the impetus for her later revolutionary activities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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