Black Butterflies
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.
Plot
Ingrid and Anna Jonker live in a seaside shack with their elderly grandmother. One night, Anna rushes into the bedroom and tells Ingrid that their grandmother is not breathing. As her body is carried away in a hearse, the politician Abraham Jonker (Rutger Hauer) arrives and expresses shock that the girls have no shoes. When Anna asks what they are to call him, Abraham replies, "Call me 'Pa.'"
Awards
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| author | Greg Latter |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Calf for Best Feature Film |
| contentLocation | South Africa |
| director | Paula van der Oest |
| editor | Sander Vos |
| events | Ingrid Jonker |
| genre | drama political |
| keywords | afrikaans literature andré brink apartheid ban belong bohemianism breathe cape town cunning dissident end estrange first time hatred hear id jack cope kill literary bohemian love triangle major depression married national party nelson mandela nothing one night paris political dissent promiscuity psychosis record south african suburb swim train station uys krige valkenberg hospital wait walk walt whitman want white supremacist writing a poem |
| musicBy | Philip Miller |
| producer | Arry Voorsmit Frans van Gestel Michael Auret Richard Claus |
| publisher | A-Film Distribution |
| theme | biographical |