Director(s): Andrucha Waddington
Writer(s): Elena Soárez
Actor(s): Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia
Production Co.: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Conspiração Filmes, Globo Filmes
Country: Brazil
Year: 2005
Language and subtitle information: In Portuguese; optional English, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles
Format: DVD
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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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