In the time of the butterflies movie
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In the Time of the Butterflies (film)
2001 film by Mariano Barroso
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.
In the time of the butterflies movie
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.[1]
Plot
The film begins with pictures and video of the actual victims of Trujillo.
During the montage, a title card appears that says:
- From 1930 to 1961, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo held absolute control of the Dominican