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Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer and Liam Cunningham in South-African love epos Black Butterflies. Paula van der Oest directs feature film about the life of South-African poet Ingrid Jonker
Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer and Liam Cunningham in South-African love epos Black Butterflies. Paula van der Oest directs feature film about the life of South-African poet Ingrid Jonker.
March 8th the feature film Black Butterflies had its first shooting day in Cape Town, South Africa. Black Butterflies tells the story of the turbulent short life of the talented poet Ingrid Jonker, whose work only got recognition 29 years after her death. When Nelson Mandela in 1994 reads her poem 'Die Kind' during his first speech at the South African Parliament, a revival of interest in her work arises. The film is directed by Paula van der Oest, who also made the Oscar nominated Zus & Zo and Tiramisu. The screenplay was written by Greg Latter.
Cast
Carice van Houten plays the main part of the film: Ingrid Jonker. Recently she acted in Komt een vrouw bij de Dokter, Valkyrie, Alles is Liefde en Blackbook. Rutger Hauer plays the part of Abraham Jonker, the father of Ingrid. Rutger Hauer acted in more than a hundred international productions, such as Blade Runner, Sin City and Batman Begins. The Irish Liam Cunningham plays the part of Jack Cope, the great love of Ingrid Jonker. Liam Cunningham acted in The Wind that shakes the Barley (Golden Palm, Cannes 2006) and Hunger (Golden Camera, Cannes 2008).
The story
From her young childhood on, Ingrid Jonker already finds freedom and comfort in writing poems. Rejected by her father, who is part of the Apartheid Government as a Minister of Censorship, Ingrid is in search for love and a home. Many men are attracted to the beautiful and passionate young Ingrid and she is easily attracted to them too. At one stage in her life Ingrid has a relationship with two men at the same time: the famous and well known South African writers Jack Cope and Andre Brink. But unfortunately, neither of them can give Ingrid what she is looking for. Her restless soul cannot find peace with any of them.
Black Butterflies is an international coproduction of the German Comet Film, the South-African Spier Films, the Dutch Riba Film and IDTV Film. NPS is the Dutch broadcaster. The film is supported by the Dutch Film Fund, NPS Television, the CoBO Fund and the South African Department of Trade and Industry. Bavaria Film International is the international sales agent and distributor A-Film releases the feature film in the Benelux in 2011.
Carice van Houten, Rutger Hauer and Liam Cunningham in South-African love epos Black Butterflies. Paula van der Oest directs feature film about the life of South-African poet Ingrid Jonker.
March 8th the feature film Black Butterflies had its first shooting day in Cape Town, South Africa. Black Butterflies tells the story of the turbulent short life of the talented poet Ingrid Jonker, whose work only got recognition 29 years after her death. When Nelson Mandela in 1994 reads her poem 'Die Kind' during his first speech at the South African Parliament, a revival of interest in her work arises. The film is directed by Paula van der Oest, who also made the Oscar nominated Zus & Zo and Tiramisu. The screenplay was written by Greg Latter.
Cast
Carice van Houten plays the main part of the film: Ingrid Jonker. Recently she acted in Komt een vrouw bij de Dokter, Valkyrie, Alles is Liefde en Blackbook. Rutger Hauer plays the part of Abraham Jonker, the father of Ingrid. Rutger Hauer acted in more than a hundred international productions, such as Blade Runner, Sin City and Batman Begins. The Irish Liam Cunningham plays the part of Jack Cope, the great love of Ingrid Jonker. Liam Cunningham acted in The Wind that shakes the Barley (Golden Palm, Cannes 2006) and Hunger (Golden Camera, Cannes 2008).
The story
From her young childhood on, Ingrid Jonker already finds freedom and comfort in writing poems. Rejected by her father, who is part of the Apartheid Government as a Minister of Censorship, Ingrid is in search for love and a home. Many men are attracted to the beautiful and passionate young Ingrid and she is easily attracted to them too. At one stage in her life Ingrid has a relationship with two men at the same time: the famous and well known South African writers Jack Cope and Andre Brink. But unfortunately, neither of them can give Ingrid what she is looking for. Her restless soul cannot find peace with any of them.
Black Butterflies is an international coproduction of the German Comet Film, the South-African Spier Films, the Dutch Riba Film and IDTV Film. NPS is the Dutch broadcaster. The film is supported by the Dutch Film Fund, NPS Television, the CoBO Fund and the South African Department of Trade and Industry. Bavaria Film International is the international sales agent and distributor A-Film releases the feature film in the Benelux in 2011.
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