02 Nov 1995
Short Working Day
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Women had their place. Hers was in the revolution.
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
Top Billed Cast
Salma Hayek Pinault Minerva Mirabal
Edward James Olmos Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Mía Maestro Mate Mirabal
Demián Bichir Manolo Tavárez
Pilar Padilla Dedé Mirabal
Lumi Cavazos Patria Mirabal
Marc Anthony Lio
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Captain Peña
Ana Martín Mercedes Reyes
Fernando Becerril Enrique Mirabal
Anthony Alvarez Palomino
Ana Layevska Lina Lobatón
Roger Cudney Manuel de Moya
Raúl Méndez Pedrito
Mariana Sanchez Minerva 13 Years Old
Geraldine Bazán Patria 15 Years Old
Ilean Almageur Mate 11 Years Old
Paulina Treviño Sinita
Anna Layevska Lina Lovaton
Vanessa Michele Sor Milagros
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