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In the Time of the Butterflies (TV)

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Original title

In the Time of the Butterfliesaka

AKA

En el tiempo de las mariposas

Year

2001

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mariano Barroso

Screenwriter

Judy Klass. Novel: Julia Álvarez

Cast

Music

Van Dyke Parks

Cinematography

Xavier Pérez Grobet

Producer

Co-production United States-Mexico;

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Showtime, Ventanarosa Productions

Genre

Romance. Drama | Dominican Republic Dictatorship. Based on a true story. Romantic Drama. 1950s. 1960s. TV Movie

Synopsis

In the Time of the Butterflies tells the real-life story of the Mirabal sisters, courageous revolutionaries known covertly as las Mariposas ("the Butterflies"). The sisters' years of dissent during the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic led to their eventual murder in 1960, a brutal crime that signaled the beginning of the end for Trujillo. Told through the eyes of Minerva Mirabal (Salma Hayek), the story follows a somewhat predictable plot line as the sisters progress rapidly from naive to idealistic to victimized and on to resolved as they become leaders in an elaborate plot to assassinate the dictator. As with so many biographical depictions on film, even though this one is based on a highly acclaimed novel by Julia Alvarez, the narrative shifts from past to present are clumsy and excessively sepia-toned; the script delivers its life-was-better-before-sequence with little to no grace before quickly connecting the dots of history. Nevertheless, Edward James Olmos, as Trujillo, does a remarkable job of conveying the unique mixture of political intuition and ruthlessness needed to maintain a dictatorship for 30 years, while Hayek delivers a spirited lead performance.

Academy Award® nominee Salma Hayek (Frida) gives a powerful, passionate performance as an idealistic young woman who wages a daring struggle for freedom against a murderous dictator (Academy Award® nominee Edward James Olmos, Stand and Deliver) in this moving thriller that, "with brutal simplicity, dramatizes the personal toll of political tyranny" (San Francisco Chronicle). For generations, General Rafael Trujillo (Olmos) has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixture of terrorand savagery until Minerva Mirabal (Hayek) dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader (Marc Anthony), Minerva and her sistersknown as Las Mariposas ("The Butterflies")endure unimaginable hardships in a battle for the very soul of a nation. But as their acts of bravery gain notoriety, Trujillo's forces close in, determined to put an end to Minerva's heroics. (From amazon.com)

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In the Time of the Butterflies (TV)

2001

Mariano Barroso

6.0

(320)