The House of Sand
Casa de Areia
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
D.Maria
Fernanda Montenegro
Áurea
Fernanda Montenegro
Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres
Áurea
Fernanda Torres
Maria (1942)
Ruy Guerra
Vasco de Sá
Seu Jorge
Massu
Luiz Melodia
Massu (1942)
Enrique Diaz
Luís (1919)
Stênio Garcia
Luís (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz
Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe
Pai de Massu
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Camilla Facundes
Maria (1919)
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João Barone
Composer
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Carlo Bartolini
Composer
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Ricardo Della Rosa
Cinematographer
