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2005·Drama·1h 55m
7.1
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.
Directed by Andrucha Waddington
desert
1910s

Cast

Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro
Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Torres
Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Guerra
Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge
Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia
Luiz Melodia
Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz
Enrique Díaz
Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia
Stênio Garcia
Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
Emiliano Queiroz
Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
João Acaiabe
Pai de Massu
Haroldo Costa
Haroldo Costa
Capataz
Jorge Mautner
Jorge Mautner
Cientista

Crew

Andrucha Waddington
Andrucha Waddington
Director
Andrucha Waddington
Andrucha Waddington
Screenplay
Marcos França
Marcos França
Executive Producer
Andrucha Waddington
Andrucha Waddington
Producer
Martín Macías Trujillo
Martín Macías Trujillo
Makeup Artist
Elena Soarez
Elena Soarez
Screenstory
Cláudia Kopke
Cláudia Kopke
Costume Design
Tulé Peak
Tulé Peak
Art Direction
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Screenstory
João Barone
João Barone
Music
Daniel Filho
Daniel Filho
Associate Producer

Popular Reviews

8 reviews
FFilli
FFilli
The House of Sand
Multiverso da loucura Herbert Richers. O tempo passa e passa, mas não saímos do lugar. Tudo muda, e nada muda. Até que decidimos libertar a próxima geração de nossas velhas correntes para que alguém possa viver o que nós não pudemos. Linda fotografia e belíssimo aproveitamento da dupla de Fernandas.
Multiverso da loucura Herbert Richers. O tempo passa e passa, mas não saímos do lugar. Tudo muda, e nada muda. Até que decidimos libertar a próxima geração de nossas velhas correntes para que alguém possa viver o que nós não pudemos. Linda fotografia e belíssimo aproveitamento da dupla de Fernandas.
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Jotape
Jotape
The House of Sand
Muitas fernandas Torres e muitas monte negros
Muitas fernandas Torres e muitas monte negros
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Natan Ferri
Natan Ferri
The House of Sand
Acho que essa é a fotografia mais linda que já vi em um filme brasileiro. Nunca vi nada assim.

É lindo demais ver e relação das Fernandas ser transmitido pelo filme. Não existe ninguém igual elas.
Acho que essa é a fotografia mais linda que já vi em um filme brasileiro. Nunca vi nada assim.

É lindo demais ver e relação das Fernandas ser transmitido pelo filme. Não existe ninguém igual elas.
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Alex Wagenberg
Alex Wagenberg
The House of Sand
I liked this movie. I was a fan of the narrative time jumps; they were done very well and cleverly used the dunes and certain landmarks like the palm tree. It did take me a moment when they showed the 'grandmother' again for me to realize that it was Aurea an older woman watching Maria. A little weird reading afterward that the director wrote the graphic sexual scene for his wife with another man, with his mother-in-law on set, but that's just a weird tidbit that didn't detract from the movie.
I kept thinking of the phrase from the movie "What is not Earth is sky", which really encapsulates the feeling of a Younger woman with a life to live stuck in these dunes. The music and their lack of knowledge about the outside world was really telling about how difficult it must be for them, stuck in such an expansive environment. There was nothing to interact with, they were alone.
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I liked this movie. I was a fan of the narrative time jumps; they were done very well and cleverly used the dunes and certain landmarks like the palm tree. It did take me a moment when they showed the 'grandmother' again for me to realize that it was Aurea an older woman watching Maria. A little weird reading afterward that the director wrote the graphic sexual scene for his wife with another man, with his mother-in-law on set, but that's just a weird tidbit that didn't detract from the movie.
I kept thinking of the phrase from the movie "What is not Earth is sky", which really encapsulates the feeling of a Younger woman with a life to live stuck in these dunes. The music and their lack of knowledge about the outside world was really telling about how difficult it must be for them, stuck in such an expansive environment. There was nothing to interact with, they were alone.
4/5
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