

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.
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Black Butterflies ~ Trailer
Cast

Carice van Houten
Ingrid Jonker

Rutger Hauer
Abraham Jonker

Liam Cunningham
Jack Cope

Nicholas Pauling
Eugene Maritz

Grant Swanby
Jan Rabie

Graham Clarke
Uys Krige

Damon Berry
Pieter Venter

Jennifer Steyn
Lucille - Lulu
Candice D'Arcy
Anna Jonker

Leon Clingman
Valkenberg receptionist

Waldemar Schultz
Ettiene le Roux
Tarryn Page
Irma
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