In the Time of the Butterflies (film)
2001 film by Mariano Barroso / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film. For the novel, see In the Time of the Butterflies.
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.
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Directed by | Mariano Barroso |
Written by | Julia Álvarez Judy Klass David Klass |
Produced by | Helen Barlett Helen Buck Bartlett Tony Bill Ellen Gordon Salma Hayek |
Starring | Salma Hayek Edward James Olmos Mía Maestro Demián Bichir Pilar Padilla Lumi Cavazos Geraldine Bazán Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. Ana Martín Marc Anthony |
Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
Music by | Van Dyke Parks |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | United States Mexico |
Languages | English Spanish |
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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.[1]