In the Time of the Butterflies(Movie, 2001)

Name: In the Time of the Butterflies
Genre: TV Movie, Thriller, Drama, History, Romance / Love
Released: 2001
Duration: T01:35:00
Rating: 3.2

1h 35min | Genres: TV Movie, Thriller, Drama, History, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

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. ()

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About In the Time of the Butterflies

Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.

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Production countries: Mexico, United States of America (USA)

Made by: Phoenix Pictures, Showtime Networks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ventanarosa Productions, Producciones Amaranta, Barnstorm Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Georgian (KA), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 10/21/2001

Cast: Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Mía Maestro, Demián Bichir, Lumi Cavazos, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Ana Martín, Marc Anthony, Ana Layevska, Raúl Méndez

Director: Mariano Barroso

Producer: Tony Bill, Salma Hayek

Screenwriter: Julia Alvarez

Director of Photography: Xavier Grobet

Composer: Van Dyke Parks

Keywords: dominican republic, butterfly, government, dictatorship

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In the Time of the Butterflies(Movie, 2001)

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