The house of sand [projected medium] a Conspiracao Filmes production in association with TeleImage and Quanta Centro de Producoes ; directed by Andrucha Waddington ; produced by Leonardo Monteiro de Barros, Pedro Buarque de Hollanda, Pedro Guimaraes, Andrucha Waddington ; screenplay, Elena Sorez ; story, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Elena Sorez, Andrucha Waddington.
Format:
[projected medium]
Edition:
[English language subtitled version].
Publisher:
Sony Pictures Classics,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
viewing print. 12 film reels of 12 on 7 (ca. 115 min., ca. 10,350 ft.) sd., col. 35 mm.
Copyright Claimant: Conspiracao Filmes Entretenimento, Ltda., Filmes do Equador, Ltda., Videofilmes Producoes Artisticas, Ltda., TV Globo, Ltda., Quanta Centro de Producoes Cinematografica de Sao Paulo, Ltda., Imagem Servicos Cinematograficos, Ltda., Marflex Industria e Comercia, Ltda., Sony Corporation of America, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Inc. Date of Creation: 2005; Date of Publication: 2006-08-11; Registration Number / Date: PA0001347162 / 2006-12-15. Originally released under title Casa de areia in Brazil in 2005. Summary from FirstSearch, OCLC 182540106, viewed Nov. 21, 2008. Not viewed. Sources used: copyright data sheet; copyright database; Variety Web site, review posted Sept. 16, 2005, viewed Nov. 21, 2008; Internet movie database, viewed Nov. 21, 2008; FirstSearch, OCLC 182540106, viewed Nov. 21, 2008. Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia, Enrique Diaz, Stenio Garcia, Emiliano Queiroz, Camilla Facundes.
Summary:
Aurea is brought to the northern Brazilian town of Maranhao by her insane husband Vasco, who suffers from delusions that the barren land may be profitably farmed. A calamitous turn of events leaves Aurea, now pregnant, and her mother, Maria, alone in the desert in a house full of sand.
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