Casa de Areia

Casa de Areia

  • Director: Andrucha Waddington
  • Writer: Elena Soarez,Luiz Carlos Barreto,Andrucha Waddingt
  • Countries of origin: Brazil
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Release date: May 13, 2005
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: The House of Sand
  • "Casa de Areia" is a 2005 drama film directed by Andrewka Waddington and starring Fernanda Montenegro and João Acaiabe.
    The film tells the story of a mother who understands the importance of independent life and decides to stay on the edge of the world for a lifetime, and does not want to return to the civilized environment where her rights were exploited before.

    Details

    • Release date May 13, 2005
    • Filming locations Lençóis Maranhenses, Maranhão, Brazil
    • Production companies Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Conspiração Filmes, Globo Filmes

    Box office

    Budget

    R$8,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $539,285

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $31,405

    Gross worldwide

    $1,178,175

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jake 2022-11-20 16:34:11

      Grain of sand

      A house in the desert, dilapidated.
      How many stories are hidden there?
      For the first half of her life, my mother wanted to get out of this desert, but when she finally got the chance, she chose to stay.
      The daughter brought back music from the outside world that she hadn't heard in years. Under the moon, my mother's tears glistened.
      Daughter said: Humans have already landed on the moon.
      Mom asked: Did he look younger when he came back?
      No, he is older.
      So what...

    • By Austin 2022-05-15 20:32:24

      《house of sand》

      "House of Sand" was shown 15 minutes later. It was a movie that made people less confident from the name introduction. I don't know if it was worth watching. The result was unexpected, the audience applauded at the end of the film, and I burst into tears.
        The introduction said it was a Brazilian movie, and it was in Spanish with English subtitles. Fortunately, there was not much dialogue. This is the Spanish movie with the least dialogue I've ever seen. Spaniards are always chattering....

    • By Nyasia 2022-05-15 20:09:16

      Same way, seemingly not.


      - What did man find on the moon?

      - Nothing. Except for sand.


      This story tells the bleak second half of a woman's life. Or maybe a lifetime.

      Taken to an isolated sandbar by an authoritarian and stupid husband. Tried to leave countless times, but always failed. I met some people and had some intersections, and finally chose to spend my life here.

      The picture is very atmospheric. The blue sky and white sand dunes are single and stubborn. A woman's...

    • By Maud 2022-05-15 19:19:48

      2.2

      2.2: "Sandbar Home" ★★★ Director: Andrucha Waddington. Starring: Fernand Montenago.

       

      The story on the other side of the earth at least satisfies my curiosity. The film tells the story of a Brazilian woman who was forced to come to the desert from the capital at the beginning of the last century and has been trying to get out of the desert, but finally settled down in the desert and returned to peace. . The time span of the film is relatively large, from 1910 to the 1970s,...

    • By Freda 2022-05-15 19:11:40

      reincarnation

      In fact, it's been a while since I watched this movie, and I haven't been able to calm down and think about it. This kind of film with a strong philosophical flavor and a discussion of the meaning of life requires a person, a cup of coffee, and a pack of cigarettes to experience in a lonely night.
          Alia and her mother accompanied her husband to the isolated and uninhabited sandbar with her mother, and were ready to build their own home. However, before the house was built, the...

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    • By Peggie 2023-09-08 04:04:05

      The mountains, the water, the loneliness, I choose to live in the center of the...

    • By Robert 2023-07-24 20:30:31

      Everyone can find details to their...

    • By Beaulah 2023-07-14 09:28:38

      sand. What's on the Moon? sand. sand. sand. No one comes young. Only sand. sand....

    • By Theresa 2023-07-13 07:11:41

      Courageous! I love...

    • By Annie 2023-05-23 01:13:25

      The wish of "reincarnation" is when you want to...

    Movie plot

    In 1910, in Maranhão, Brazil, Vasco bought a large desert in the distance. He hoped to live a life far away from civilized society and spend his life with the dunes. At Vasco's insistence, his pregnant wife Alia and Alia's mother Maria also had to relocate to the sparsely populated desert.
    As soon as life settled down, a group of black people visited here. They planned to rob Vasco, and Vasco had to use some of his belongings to send...
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    Background creation

    The idea for "Desert Home" was inspired by a photograph of an abandoned house in the sands of northeastern Brazil. Producer Luiz Carlos Barreto took the photo to director Andrucha Waddington and encouraged him to make a film about it. "In fact, I had never seen that picture, and Luiz told me the story of the house in the picture, and suggested that I make a movie about a woman who lived in the house fighting her life against the...
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    Evaluation action

    The general content of the film is that in 1910, Oria's husband, Vasco, bought a piece of land in the state of Nomariana in western Brazil, and took his wife and mother-in-law to this "barren land" after more than a month's trek. Her husband had a nervous breakdown shortly after his arrival and died shortly after. And Oria has been working hard to return to the "civilized" world when she is pregnant. Every day I look forward to...
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