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House of Sand (Casa de Areia)

Director: Andrucha Waddington

Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia, Enrique Diaz, Stênio Garcia

(Sony Pictures Classics, 2005) Rated: N/A

US DVD release date: 12 December 2006 (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

[11 August 2006]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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"Here, no man tells me what to do," says Maria. Indeed, they have found a bizarre sort of freedom in their existence, at once abject and glorious, desolate and fulfilled.

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The House of Sand is yet another filmic example of why Brazil is setting the standard when it comes to exporting interesting, superior filmmaking.

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