House of Sand
Casa De Areia

2005, 115 min, Color, 35mm
In Portuguese with English subtitles

Directed By: Andrucha Waddington
Screenwriter: Elena Soárez
Producers: Leonardo Monteiro de Barros, Pedro Buarque de Hollanda, Pedro Guimarães, Andrucha Waddington
Cinematographer: Ricardo Della Rosa
Editor: Sérgio Mekler
Music: Carlo Bartolini, João Barone
Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia, Enrique Diaz, Stênio Garcia, Emiliano Queiroz, João Acaiabe

In 1910, pregnant bride Áurea and her mother,Maria, are left to fend for themselves in the Brazilian desert when Áurea’s husband dies. When Maria discovers that they are actually near an ocean inlet and a settlement of runaway slaves, the women find an initially uneasy salvation. Though their dreams of escape never die, the two begin to adjust to the rhythm of their alien surroundings. Amid hypnotic vistas of a forbidding landscape, real-life mother and daughter Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres give tour-de-force performances as three generations of women who discover freedom in the least expected place.

Screening Schedule

Date Time Venue Tickets  Fri, Jun 23 9:30 pm Mann Festival Theatre $10  Mon, Jun 26 2:00 pm Italian Cultural Institute $10

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