In the Time of the Butterflies
Video Title: In the Time of the Butterflies
Country: USA
Director: Mariano Barroso
Length: 92 min
Year Released: 2000
Language: English
Type: Film
Rating: PG-13
Color: Color
Letter File: I
Media Type: DVD
Summary: Salma Hayek gives a powerful, passionate performance as an idealistic young woman who wages a daring struggle for freedom against a murderous dictator in this moving thriller that with brutal simplicity dramatizes the personal toll of political tyranny.
For generations, General Rafael Trujillo has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixtures of terror and savagery... until Minerva Mirabal dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader, Minerva and her sisters - known 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.
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