Poor Butterfly

A turbulent era in Argentine politics is highlighted in this wellwrought drama set in Buenos Aires at the end of 1945 about Clara Graciela Borges a young halfJewish woman awakening to the reasons behind the political conflicts of her time and place Claras father was a Communist who fought the Nazis in Argentina and possessed a list of the top Nazi exiles and their contacts Through a former lover Clara a successful broadcast journalist begins to see her Jewish roots and the leftists in a whole new light Meanwhile the political storms sweeping through Argentina are setting the stage for the Peronist government to come