In the Time of the Butterflies (film)
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| In the Time of the Butterflies | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mariano Barroso |
| Produced by | Helen Barlett Helen Buck Bartlett Tony Bill Ellen Gordon Salma Hayek |
| Written by | Julia Álvarez Judy Klass David Klass |
| Starring | Salma Hayek Edward James Olmos Mía Maestro Demián Bichir Pilar Padilla |
| Music by | Parks Van Dyke |
| Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| Editing by | Pablo Blanco |
| Distributed by | MGM Showtime Networks |
| Release date(s) | October 21, 2001 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  USA Mexico |
| Language | German English |
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In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters.
In the movie, 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 plays a brief role as Minerva's first love, and as the motivation for her later revolutionary activities.
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