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The House of Sand

The House of Sand

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The House of Sand

2005

1h 55m

6.7(59 votes)

Drama

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.

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Globo Filmes

Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas

TeleImage

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Camilla Facundes

Maria (1919)

Creative team

Directed by: Andrucha Waddington
Written by: Andrucha Waddington
Produced by: Katiuscha Mello
Claudia Braga

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