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56 Years Ago Today...
I never knew this history. Very interesting. I agree though that the movie was not so good. Salma gave the movie one more star.
The book if I remember was from the perspective of a teen girl coming of age in a middle class family. Alverez came to the US as a child with her family during the Trujillo regime, but I think she would be younger than the protagonist.
Boring and predictable at times but not too bad. The violence is not graphic, more suggested than real. Her father was depicted as an unwilling supporter of Trujillo, like most DR people of that time. They did it to stay alive. It's the Hollywood version of events so the truth lies somewhere in between the facts and the fiction.
I prefer Salma Hyek with fewer clothes on or at least with Antonio Banderas in tow. Terrible adaptation, more using the book title and writing a completely different story "based on true events"
We watched Times of the Butterflies last night.
While made for TV and not the most fantastic production values, for folks who are unaware of the history---like Mom CB---the film was adequate for a peek at life in the DR under Trujillo. She shed a tear, and spured her to wanting more knowledge of her newly adopted country.
For folks with a greater base of knowledge, and those who read the book, it probably lacked oomph.
Worth a watch, however.
I never bought Olmas as the dictator. He just never seemed the part, not enough rough edge...
While made for TV and not the most fantastic production values, for folks who are unaware of the history---like Mom CB---the film was adequate for a peek at life in the DR under Trujillo. She shed a tear, and spured her to wanting more knowledge of her newly adopted country.
For folks with a greater base of knowledge, and those who read the book, it probably lacked oomph.
Worth a watch, however.
I never bought Olmas as the dictator. He just never seemed the part, not enough rough edge...
Have you seen the Feast of the Goat? Also flawed but generally a better movie than ITTOTB. Your description of the actor playing Trujillo reminded me of it - the one in Feast of the Goat was also criticised for lacking RT's terrorising qualities. And our former car was used in the assassination scene.