The House of Sand

May 13, 2005

1h 55m

★ 6.6

Overview

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Conspiração Filmes

Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil

Globo Filmes

Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas

Lereby Produções

TeleImage

The House of Sand Trailers

Cast

Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)

Fernanda Montenegro

Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)

Fernanda Torres

Vasco de Sá

Ruy Guerra

Massu (1910-1919)

Seu Jorge

Massu (1942)

Luiz Melodia

Luiz (1919)

Enrique Díaz

Luiz (1942)

Stênio Garcia

Chico do Sal

Emiliano Queiroz

Pai de Massu

João Acaiabe

Maria (1919)

Camilla Facundes

Capataz

Haroldo Costa

Cientista

Jorge Mautner

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