The House Of SandJune 28, 2014

An epic film spanning three generations. In 1910, in Maranhão in north-eastern Brazil, Vasco de Sá moves with his pregnant urban wife Áurea and her mother Maria to a wilderness area that is surrounded by shifting sand dunes. After he is killed in an accident, the pair are left without any resources and Aurea is desperate to get back to civilisation. Directed by Andrucha Waddington and stars Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres and Ruy Guerra. (From Brazil, in Portuguese) (Drama) (2005) (Rpt) MA (S,A,N)

The House Of Sand was broadcast on SBS 2 at Saturday 28 June 2014, 15:00.