In the Time of the Butterflies (film)

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. 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.

This article is about the film. For the novel, see In the Time of the Butterflies.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Directed byMariano Barroso
Written byJulia Álvarez
Judy Klass
David Klass
Produced byHelen Barlett
Helen Buck Bartlett
Tony Bill
Ellen Gordon
Salma Hayek
StarringSalma Hayek
Edward James Olmos
Mía Maestro
Demián Bichir
Pilar Padilla
Lumi Cavazos
Geraldine Bazán
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.
Ana Martín
Marc Anthony
CinematographyXavier Pérez Grobet
Edited byPablo Blanco
Music byVan Dyke Parks
Production
companies
Showtime Networks
Ventanarosa
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Mexico
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

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.

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