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Poor Butterfly (1986)
Directed by Raúl De la Torre
Overview
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.
Length 120 minutes
Actors
Graciela Borges | Lautaro Murúa | José Soriano | Víctor Laplace | Cipe Lincovsky | Ana María Picchio | Cacho Fontana | Augusto Bonardo | Bibi Andersson | Fernando Fernán Gómez | Duilio Marzio | Luis Minces | Jacques Arndt | Bela Ariel | China Zorrilla | Juan Acosta | Rosario Bléfari