''The Cry of the Butterflies'' ( es, El grito de las mariposas) is an Spanish–Colombian television series created by Juan Pablo Buscarini set in the

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, during

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

's dictatorship. It will be released in Latin America by

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whereas

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will handle the rest of international sales.

Premise

Set in the 1950s

, during the dictatorship of

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

, the fiction focuses on the relationship between idealist

Minerva Mirabal María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes, or Minerva, was the third Mirabal sisters, Mirabal sister, born March 12, 1927 in the Dominican Republic to Mercedes Reyes Camilo and Enrique Mirabal. Like her older sisters, Minerva also received an education ...

, one of the

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, and Arantxa Oyamburu, a Spanish immigrant.

Cast

* Sandy Hernández as

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as María Teresa Mirabal *

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as Arantxa Oyamburu * Essined Aponte as Dedé Mirabal * as

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as * Mario Espitia as Pedro González *

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as Protocol Host * Freddy Beltrán as Juan Ramón Sáenz *

Alejandra Borrero María Alejandra Borrero Saa (born April 25, 1962) is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television. Personal life Born of a traditional family from Popayán, Borrero establishes a liberal life, where she manifests to be very different fro ...

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* Mercedes San Pietro * Willy Toledo

Production

Created by showrunner , ''The Cry of the Butterflies'' is produced by Gloriamundi Producciones, Tandem Films, Debut y Despedida and Mediabyte. 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. Consisting of 13 episodes, filming in

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was reported to have begun by August 2021.

References

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