Directed by:
Paula van der OestScreenplay:
Greg LatterCinematography:
Giulio BiccariCast:
Rutger Hauer, Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Albert Maritz, Sylvia Esau, Grant Swanby, Florence Masebe, Sabine Soetanto, Leon Clingman, Damon Berry (more)VOD (1)
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Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as South Africa's Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten, Black Book) finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father, a parliament censorship minister (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an unconscionable event that will alter the course of both her artistic and personal lives. (Tribeca Film)
(more)Cast
Rutger Hauer
Netherlands
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
Carice van Houten
Netherlands
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Black Book (2006)
Brimstone (2016)
Liam Cunningham
Ireland
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
The Tale of Sweety Barrett (1998)
A Little Princess (1995)
Albert Maritz
Best movies:
Invictus (2009)
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Willy Fog Journey to the Center of the Earth (1995) (TV movie)
Sylvia Esau
Best movies:
Black Butterflies (2011)
Supernova (2005) (TV movie)
Eine Liebe in Afrika (2003) (TV movie)
Grant Swanby
South Africa
Best movies:
Blood Diamond (2006)
Invictus (2009)
City of Violence (2013)
Florence Masebe
Best movies:
Black Butterflies (2011)
Born Free: A New Adventure (1996) (TV movie)
Sabine Soetanto
Netherlands
Leon Clingman
Best movies:
The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
The Gift Horse (2009)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Damon Berry
Best movies:
To the Ends of the Earth (2005) (series)
Black Butterflies (2011)
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Gary Green
Best movies:
The Devil's Whore (2008) (TV movie)
Escape Room (2019)
Black Butterflies (2011)
Euodia Samson
Best movies:
Black Butterflies (2011)
Martinus Van Der Berg
Best movies:
Black Butterflies (2011)