Poor Butterfly
7.4
A turbulent era in Argentine politics is highlighted in this well-wrought drama, set in Buenos Aires at the end of 1945, about Clara (Graciela Borges), a young, half-Jewish woman awakening to the reasons behind the political conflicts of her time and place. Clara's father was a Communist who fought the Nazis in Argentina and possessed a list of the top Nazi exiles and their contacts. Through a former lover, Clara -- a successful broadcast journalist -- begins to see her Jewish roots (and the leftists) in a whole new light. Meanwhile, the political storms sweeping through Argentina are setting the stage for the Peronist government to come.
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Cast
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Graciela Borges
Clara Somolof
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The Man of Your Dreams
Lautaro Murúa
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Aida Bortnik
Raúl de la Torre
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Juan Lamaglia y Sra.
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Ben Silberstein
Pepe Soriano
Shloime
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Farmacia de guardia
Grandma
Roberto Lar
Kiko Tenenbaum
Víctor Laplace
Jose
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Cipe Lincovsky
Juana
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Irma
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Esperanza mía
Raúl de la Torre Director · Aída Bortnik Writer Roberto Lar Composer
United States release March 26, 1988 · Produced in Argentina · Production Bensil Productions
Production
Raúl de la Torre Producciones
Production
Bensil Productions
Production
Argentina
Produced in
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Original title
Pobre mariposa
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · June 2, 1986
Theatrical
United States · March 26, 1988
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Canada
September 6, 1986 · Toronto Film Festival
Germany
April 6, 1990
Italy
August 6, 1987
Russia
March 29, 1990 · Limited theatrical · The Jewish Film Festival, Moscow
Spain
December 1, 1986 · Huelva Latin American Film Festival
Uruguay
August 14, 1986
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