The House of Sand (2005)

6.7/10 • 115 min • 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.

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

Haroldo Costa

Capataz

Jorge Mautner

Cientista

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