Black Butterflies (2011)

Directed by

Paula van der Oest

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of South African Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker. It shows her struggles as an anti-apartheid activist and her difficult personal life.

melancholicpoetictensebiographicalintrospectivebleakemotionally heavy

What happens

Black Butterflies is an English-language Dutch drama film about the life of South-African Afrikaans poet and anti-apartheid political dissident Ingrid Jonker. The film was directed by Paula van der Oest and premiered in the Netherlands on February 6 before being released on 31 March 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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