This is a very good and in my opinion underrated movie.Edward James Olmos at his best as he portrays the evil Trujillo a man who like Hitler became more evil as he got more power. He was a sexual sadist with a preference for young Mulatto girls which is how we get to the story in this movie.The movie follows mainly Salma Hayek's character and her naivety until she realizes what Trujillo is really like.The Mirabal sisters' assassination at the very end is sad but at least we are not shown the gory details.One of Salma Hayeks best movies and I wish she did more like this instead of movies that exploited her looks and body. She is a very intelligent women and a good actress as this and the film Frida shows her to be.

The movie has a good story line but the actors did not look like Dominicans and I soon learned that it was filmed in Mexico and that explained why they nor the people in the filmed didn't look Dominican. After I envisioned it in Santo Domingo I did enjoy the Movie. But everyone looked Mexican so that really threw me off.The film is also based on a true story making it more interesting for me to view. I had heard of Trujillo regime but it was really interesting to view a story of a family affected during his tyranny. I want to share this movie with my mom and family who have also heard of Trujillo tyrades.

The narrative comment given on page 2 by "ABRAXAX" tells the story of the way things did take place, I remember my grandmother telling me in more details of everything that "ABRAXAX" says. But, my grandmother did tell me that not everyone know that the order to kill the sisters came from a relative of Trujillo; they blame Trujillo, but he was not aware of it; and he would not admit to that, since it would show that Trujillo was not able to control a few of this men. Also, somewhere on the 1st page of the comments section, some said that the CIA killed Trujillo; again, my grandparents told me "fueron los compadres" meaning his right hand men killed him; anyway, I haven't seen this movie and sadly I will not, since my sister tells me, "its not like grandma, told us" so I guess I don't want to spoil what I remember, at least for now; I guess I will watch it when I feel like watching a love story; like the movie Pearl Harbor. and again. I love that "ABRAXAX" summarized the story of Las Hermanas Mirabales :)

The movie In The Time Of The Butterfly was an excellent movie, I really enjoyed the fact that three women, sisters at that were able to stand out and speak up about how their dictator Rafel Trujillo was treating women in the Dominican Republic. Rafel Trujillo was a strict dictator who was cruel to his citizens.At the end the three sisters were killed because Rafel Trujillo but a hit out on them. I wanted yto cry because women had no respect after what they had done. Then Rafel Trujillo was killed afterwards by some men on a empty road. You should try to take the time out and enjoy the movie.