Butterflies". Eventually, Minerva and Maté are released from jail, but their husbands and Patria's are still held captive. The women continue their efforts to locate their husbands. Trujillo stops by to visit Minerva at her home, and she asks for his help to get their husbands released. Trujillo vows to help Minerva "end her troubles". While returning from a trip to visit their husbands, Minerva, Patria, and Maté are stopped on the road by a large group of Trujillo's men. They are taken some distance off the main road, and the men surround them and beat them to death. Another title card appears at the end that says: The Death of the Mirabal Sisters was the final blow to the regime of Leónidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later. Several of the children of the Mirabal sisters held important posts in the later democratic governments of the Dominican Republic. The day of the sisters' death, November 25th, is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. Cast Salma Hayek as Minerva Mirabal Edward James Olmos as Rafael Trujillo Mía Maestro as Maté Mirabal Demián Bichir as Manolo Tavárez Pilar Padilla as Dedé Mirabal Lumi Cavazos as Patria Mirabal Marc Anthony as Lio Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Captain Peña Ana Martín as Mrs. Mercedes Mirabal, the mother Paulina Treviño as Sinita Ana Layevska as Lina Lovatón Fernando Becerril as Mr. Enrique Mirabal Roger Cudney as Dominican Ambassador Manuel de Moya Anthony Alvarez as Palomino Ermahn Ospina as Jaimito Raúl Méndez as Pedrito Mariana Sánchez as Minerva at 13 years old See also Trópico de Sangre, a fact-based film about the Mirabal sisters released in 2010. References External links 2001 films Films about Latin American military dictatorships Films set in the Dominican Republic Films directed by Mariano Barroso American drama television films 2000s American films