Barroso, Mariano, Bichir, Demián, Cavazos, Lumi, Hayek, Salma, Maestro, Mía, Olmos, Edward James	...	(Director)
Julia Álvarez, Judy Klass	...	(Writer)
Salma Hayek	...	Minerva
Edward James Olmos	...	Trujillo
Mía Maestro	...	Mate
Demián Bichir	...	Manolo
Pilar Padilla	...	Dede
Lumi Cavazos	...	Patria
Marc Anthony	...	Lio
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Captain Pena
Ana Martín	...	Mama
Fernando Becerril	...	Enrique Mirabal
Anthony Alvarez	...	Palomino
Ermahn Ospina	...	Jaimito
Raúl Méndez	...	Pedrito
Mariana Sánchez	...	Minerva 13 Years Old
Géraldine Bazán	...	Patria 15 Years Old
Vanesa Hidalgo	...	Bélgica Adela 'Dedé' Mirabal (age 14)
Ilean Almaguer	...	María Teresa 'Mate' Mirabal (age 11)
Paulina Treviño	...	Sinita
Ana Layevska	...	Lina Lovatón
Vanessa Michele	...	Sor Milagros
Verónica Terán	...	Sor Anuncion (as Veronica Guadalupe Teran Benitez)
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez	...	Mother Superior (as Zaide Silvia Gutierrez Cruz)
Marco Antonio Treviño	...	El Doctor (as Marco Antonio Treviño Mieres)
Andaluz Russell	...	Dinorah (as Andaluz Becerra Russell)
Anilú Pardo	...	Magdalena
Yolanda Abbud L.	...	Inez
Farnesio de Bernal	...	Magic Eye (as Farnecio de Bernal)
Raúl Adalid	...	Padre Ignacio (as Raúl Adalid Sainz)
Miguel Santana	...	Young boy (as Miguel Santana Arellano)
Moisés Suárez	...	Bureaucrat (as Moisés Suárez Aldana)
Lia Chapman	...	Carmen
Stephanie Goldberg	...	Patria Mirabal (age 10)
Stephany Coria	...	Minerva Mirabal (age 8)
Karla Ortiz	...	Bélgica Adela 'Dedé' Mirabal (age 9)
Elia Rodriguez	...	María Teresa 'Mate' Mirabal (age 6)
Pedro Altamirano	...	Prison guard (as Pedro Altamirano Marquez)
Abel Woolrich	...	Inmate
Claudia Gonzalez Pumarino	...	Lourdes
Jacobo Ricaño	...	Manolito (age 2)
Angelica Tepepa	...	Minou Tavárez Mirabal (age 4)
Roger Cudney	...	Manuel De Moya
Muriel Mayor	...	Margarita Mayor
Diana Albert Vazquez	...	Margarita (girl)
Jesus Bernardo Avila Mejia	...	Army Officer
Jorge Abraham Olvera	...	Old prisoner
Fernando Banda	...	Policeman (as Fernando Banda-Espino)
Juan Ignacio Perez-Gutierrez	...	Prison Officer
Juan Luis Orendain	...	Roberto Arroyo
Jesus Ricardo Lorenzana Cardenas	...	Rufino de la Cruz
Luis Eduardo Casab Tirado	...	Train Conductor
Giovanna Zacarías	...	Woman visitor (as Giovanna Rodriguez-Zacarias)
Andres Weiss Santos	...	Assistant to Magic Eye
Arturo Posada	...	Checkpoint soldier (as Arturo Posada Arellano)
Jorge Antonio Gayol Rohen	...	University Professor
Van Dyke Parks	...	Composer
Xavier Pérez Grobet	...	Cinematographer
Pablo Blanco	...	Editor

Comments: DSP 178

Summary: Academy Award® nominee* Salma Hayek gives a powerful, passionate performance as an idealistic young woman who wages a daring struggle for freedom against a murderous dictator (Academy Award® nominee** Edward James Olmos) in this moving thriller that, "with brutal simplicity, dramatizes the personal toll of political tyranny" (San Francisco Chronicle). For generations, General Rafael Trujillo (Olmos) has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixture of terrorand savagery until Minerva Mirabal (Hayek) dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader (Marc Anthony), Minerva and her sistersknown as Las Mariposas ("The Butterflies")endure unimaginable hardships in a battle for the very soul of a nation. But as their acts of bravery gain notoriety, Trujillo's forces close in, determined to put an end to Minerva's heroics. *Actress, Frida (2002) **Actor, Stand and Deliver (1988)