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artemisia1

(1,868 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:37 AM Oct 2025

An older film appropriate for out times: "In the Time of the Butterflies". It tells the story of the Mirabal sisters

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and their opposition, and later martyrdom, to the regime of dictator Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. It shows very well how such tin-pot tyrants, of which Trump, imho is one, think and act. From pettiness to sexual predation and violence, this movie shows malignant narcissism and psychopathy in action. Recommended!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Time_of_the_Butterflies_(film)

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An older film appropriate for out times: "In the Time of the Butterflies". It tells the story of the Mirabal sisters (Original Post) artemisia1 Oct 2025 OP

Not to mention that it has legends Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. Olmos plays a highly sinister Trujillo while artemisia1 Oct 2025 #1

It's based on a book by Julia Alvarez. iemanja Oct 2025 #2

Yes, I should have mentioned that. /nt artemisia1 Oct 2025 #3