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The House of Sand (2005)

The House of Sand (2005)

Casa de Areia
R 115 minutes PT Drama
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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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
Camilla Facundes
Maria (1919)
Jorge Mautner
Cientista

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Art Direction
Costume Design
Director of Photography
Production companies: Conspiração Filmes, Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Globo Filmes, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Lereby Produções, TeleImage
Production countries: Brazil

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