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The House of Sand is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Andrucha Waddington released in USA on 1 january 2005 with Fernanda Montenegro

The House of Sand (2005)

Casa de Areia

The House of Sand
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Released in USA 1 january 2005
Length 1h55
OriginBresil
Genres Drama
Rating72% 3.643753.643753.643753.643753.64375

The House of Sand (Portuguese: Casa de Areia) is a 2005 Brazilian film directed by Andrucha Waddington. It stars real life mother and daughter Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. The House of Sand was filmed entirely on the coast of northern Brazil, inside Lençóis Maranhenses National Park.

Synopsis

In 1910, pregnant Áurea (Torres) along with her mother, Maria (Montenegro) arrive at a remote, desert-like part of the Brazilian state of Maranhão—called the Lençóis Maranhenses—where her fanatical husband Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) has relocated the family from the state's capital, São Luís, to start a farm. Soon the white settlers realize that they are not alone: a group of descendants of runaway slaves live in the area, in a settlement—generally known as a quilombo—they call "The Island" because it is the only permanently fertile spot in a sea of sand where it rains only during the rainy season. Due to the madness of Vasco, Maria seeks to bribe the black settlers to take her and her daughter away, but they, while taking her money (it is basically useless in the local barter economy), do no such thing.

Actors

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))Stênio Garcia

(Luiz (1942))Enrique Díaz
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