Movie·2005·1h 55m
The House of Sand
Country
Brazil
Language
Portuguese
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The Story
Original title: Casa de Areia
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.
Producer
Andrucha Waddington, Katiuscha Mello
Cinematography
Ricardo Della Rosa
Editor
Sérgio Mekler
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
56 votes
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Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia
Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz
Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia
Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
Pai de Massu
Camilla Facundes
Maria (1919)
Haroldo Costa
Capataz
Jorge Mautner
Cientista
Nelson Jacobina
Cientista
Zumbi Bahia
Carregador Vasco 1
Urias de Oliveira Filho
Carregador Vasco 2
Carlos Henrique Nascimento
Pescador Entreposto
Jefferson de Almeida Barbosa
Mirinho (1919)
Wadson Martins
Mirinho (1942)
// crew
Crew
Andrucha Waddington
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Katiuscha Mello
Producer
Ricardo Della Rosa
Director of Photography
Sérgio Mekler
Editor
Claudia Braga
Producer
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Producer
Marcos França
Executive Producer
Pedro Guimarães
Producer
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
Producer
Patrick Siaretta
Producer
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