Feature film — 2005

The House of Sand (2005)

6.71h 55mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 59 votes.

Conspiração Filmes / Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil / Globo Filmes / Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas / Lereby Produções / TeleImage

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Director: Andrucha Waddington

On screen

Cast & crew

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)

Haroldo Costa

Capataz

Jorge Mautner

Cientista

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