Salma Hayek
Minerva
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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. In the film, Salma Hayek played one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays Trujillo.
Based on a novel by Julia Alvarez and inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who were murdered, in 1960, for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the dictatorship of General Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. 208 IMDb 6.6 1 h 32 min 2001. PG-13.
In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters.
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A rebel leader educates a Dominican Republic woman (Salma Hayek) about the abuses of a corrupt dictator (Edward James Olmos).
- Drama
2001 · 1 hr 33 min. PG-13. Drama. Fact-based drama about the dictatorship of General Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and the murder of three sisters who rebelled against oppression. Subtitles: English. Starring: Salma Hayek Edward James Olmos Marc Anthony Mia Maestro Demian Bichir. Directed by: Mariano Barroso.
Duration. 1h 32m. TCM Emails. True story of Minerva, Patria, and Maria Teresa Maribal -- three sisters known in the Dominican Republic as "Las Mariposas" ("The Butterflies") -- who became freedom fighters rebelling against the dictatorial regime of Rafael Leonid Trujillo during the 1950s. Leaving a life of comfort, three of...
