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House of Sand (Widescreen) DVD

R (Restricted) :: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment :: Released: 2006-12-12

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House of Sand (Widescreen) Summary Filmed Entirely On The Magnificent, Sandy Coast Of Northern Brazil, Áurea's Saga Begins In 1910, In Maranhão, Where Her Fanatical Husband Has Relocated His Family To Start A Farm. Desperate And Pregnant, Áurea (fernanda Torres) Longs To Return To The City, But Cannot Traverse The Dunes With Her Aging Mother, Maria (fernanda Montenegro) In Tow. When Calamity Strikes, The Two Women Find Themselves Stranded. Eventually, They Settle Among The Shifting Sands And Áurea Finds Peace. But Her Passionate Daughter, Maria, Longs To Explore The World Beyond The Dunes. This Profound Portrait Of Passing Generations Has Established Andrucha Waddington As One Of The Most Exciting Directors In Brazil Today.

The landscape looks like the surface of the moon. Set in Brazil's Maranhão desert, House of Sand follows three generations of women, from 1910 to 1969, as they eke out a living from this hostile environment. Oafish Vasco (director Ruy Guerra) brings pregnant wife Áurea (Fernanda Torres) and her mother, Dona Maria (Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station), from the city to make a new start. Shortly after they arrive, fate takes him out of the picture. Mother and daughter muddle through with the help of slave descendents. Wary at first, Massu (Seu Jorge, City of God) takes a particular shine to the duo. The story then skips ahead to 1919, when an escape route materializes. There will be two more shifts in time. By 1942, Áurea's daughter, Maria (Torres), has grown into impetuous womanhood, while Áurea (Montenegro) and Massu (Luiz Melodia) have settled into middle age. In the final section, set during the year of the first lunar landing, Áurea (Montenegro) is around the same age as her mother at the start of the film. With the exception of Camilla Facundes as nine-year-old Maria, Torres and her real-life mother assume every female role. What does it all mean? Andrucha Waddington (Me You Them) doesn't burden his enigmatic epic with a singular message, but those who appreciate dust-swept dramas like Woman in the Dunes and Walkabout aren't likely to hold it against him. The point seems to be that the human--especially the female--capacity for survival knows no bounds. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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House of Sand DVD Techincal Details Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Stênio Garcia
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 115 mins
UPC: 043396157200
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2006-12-12
Region Code: 99
Specs: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Portuguese (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1),