'''In the Time of the Butterflies''' is a
2001 feature film based on the
Julia Ãlvarez book of the
same name, covering the lives of the
Mirabal sisters.
In the movie,
Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and
Edward James Olmos plays the
Dominican dictator
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed.
Marc Anthony plays a brief role as Minerva's first love and motivation for her later revolutionary activities.
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