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In the Time of the Butterflies is a film of genre Drama directed by Mariano Barroso released in USA on 21 october 2001 with Salma Hayek

In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)

In the Time of the Butterflies
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Released in USA 21 october 2001
Length 1h35
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Historical,    Romance
Rating65% 3.297573.297573.297573.297573.29757

In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film, produced for the Showtime television network, directed by Mariano Barroso based on the Julia Álvarez 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 25th, 1960.

In the film, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed. Marc Anthony has a minor role as Minerva's first love, and as the impetus for her later revolutionary activities.

Synopsis

The film begins showing pictures and films of the actual victims of Rafael Trujillo.

Actors

Salma Hayek

(Minerva Mirabal)
Edward James Olmos

(Rafael Leónidas Trujillo)
Mía Maestro

(Mate Mirabal)
Demián Bichir

(Manolo Tavárez)
Lumi Cavazos

(Patria Mirabal)
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