The Cry of the Butterflies

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The Cry of the Butterflies
El grito de las mariposas
Genre Drama
Created byJuan Pablo Buscarini
Directed by
  • Mariano Hueter
  • Leandro Ipiña
  • Inés París
Starring
  • Sandy Hernández
  • Susana Abaitua
  • Luis Alberto García
  • Camila Issa
  • Alejandra Borrero
  • Biassini Segura
  • Sergio Borrero
Country of origin
  • Spain
  • Argentina
  • Colombia
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Production location Colombia
Production companies
  • Gloriamundi Producciones
  • Tandem Films
  • Mediabyte
Original release
Network Star+
Release8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)

The Cry of the Butterflies (Spanish : El grito de las mariposas) is a Spanish-Colombian television series created by Juan Pablo Buscarini set in the Dominican Republic, during Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship. It was released in Latin America by Star+, whereas Filmax handled the rest of international sales.

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Premise

Set in the 1950s Dominican Republic, during the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the fiction focuses on the relationship between idealist Minerva Mirabal, one of the Mirabal sisters, and Arantxa Oyamburu, a Spanish immigrant. [1]

Cast

Production

Created by showrunner Juan Pablo Buscarini  [ es ], [5] The Cry of the Butterflies is produced by Gloriamundi Producciones, Tandem Films, Debut y Despedida and Mediabyte. [6] directing credits include Mariano Hueter, Leandro Ipiña and Inés París. The writing team consists of Azucena Rodríguez, Ricardo Rodríguez, Juan Pablo Buscarini, Juan Carballo, Gabriel Nicoli and Pablo E. Bossi. [1]

Consisting of 13 episodes, [7] filming in Colombia was reported to have begun by August 2021. [8]

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