House of Sand (Casa de Areia)

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Directed by

Andrucha Waddington

Starring (View all)

Fernanda Montenegro
Dona Maria / Áurea / Maria

Fernanda Torres
Áurea / Maria

Ruy Guerra
Vasco de Sá

Seu Jorge
Massu - 1910-1919

Stênio Garcia
Luiz - 1942

Luiz Melodia
Massu - 1942

Enrique Diaz
Luiz - 1919

Emiliano Queiroz
Chico do Sal

Written by

Andrucha Waddington
(story)

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Description: Three generations of women struggle to make lives for themselves and their families in the desert wastes of Northern Brazil in a drama from filmmaker Andrucha Waddington. In 1910, Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) leads his wife, Áurea (Fernanda Torres), and her mother, Dona Maria (Fernanda Montenegro), to their new home -- a ramshackle cabin in Maranhão, a tiny village in the middle of a barren sand dune. Vasco and Áurea's new neighbors are hardly welcoming of the new arrivals, especially Massu (Seu Jorge), and when Vasco unexpectedly dies, Áurea and Dona Maria are left to fend for themselves, an especially vexing challenge as Áur ... (more)

Release date: 13 May 2005