Poor Butterfly

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.

Cast

Graciela Borges

Clara Somolof

Lautaro Murúa

Pepe Soriano

Shloime

Víctor Laplace

Jose

Cipe Lincovsky

Juana

Ana María Picchio

Irma

Cacho Fontana

N/A

Augusto Bonardo

Bibi Andersson

Gertrud

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Duilio Marzio

N/A

Luis Minces