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The House of Sand (2005) [R]

Featuring:
Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra

Written by:
Elena Soarez
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Andrucha Waddington

Directed by:
Andrucha Waddington


Release Date:
May 13, 2005

Original Title:
Casa de Areia

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil
Conspiração Filmes
Globo Filmes
Lereby Produções
Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas
TeleImage

Production Countries:
Brazil

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 115

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having for female company only her mother Maria. She is pregnant and wants a way out of that arid place. But leaving is difficult and, somehow, she still hopes to find happiness there. The film follows these two lives for three generations, including Áurea's daughter.

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Rankings and Honors

The House of Sand (2005) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.3/10
Metacritic 70/100
Awards Won: 12 wins & 43 nominations

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Production

Art Direction:
Tulé Peak

Associate Producer:
Daniel Filho

Costume Design:
Cláudia Kopke

Director:
Andrucha Waddington

Director of Photography:
Ricardo Della Rosa

Editor:
Sérgio Mekler

Executive Producer:
Marcos França

Makeup Artist:
Martín Macías Trujillo

Music:
Carlo Bartolini
João Barone

Producer:
Katiuscha Mello
Claudia Braga
Pedro Buarque de Hollanda
Pedro Guimarães
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros
Patrick Siaretta
Andrucha Waddington

Screenplay:
Andrucha Waddington

Screenstory:
Elena Soarez
Luiz Carlos Barreto

Sound:
Jorge Saldanha

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