Casa de areia = The house of sand
(DVD) 

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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1995.9.S87 H6874 2006On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Feature films.
Foreign films -- Brazil.
Foreign films -- Brazil.
Islands -- Drama.
Isolationism -- Drama.
Melodrama.
Melodrama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Television programs)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Drama
Feature films
Islands
Isolationism
Melodrama
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Mothers and daughters
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Television programs)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other Subjects
Feature films.
Films étrangers -- Brésil.
Islands -- Drama.
Madres e hijas -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.
Melodrama -- Feature.
Melodrama.
Mother-daughter relationship -- Drama.
Mélodrame.
Mélodrames (Films)
Suspense films.
Thriller -- Feature.
Thrillers (Films)
Thrillers (Films)
Thrillers (Émissions télévisées)
Videorecording.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Women -- Feature.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
UPC
043396157200, 043396157224, 00043396157200

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
General Note
Special features: "Making of The house of sand" (52 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Ricardo Della Rosa ; editor, Sérgio Mekler ; music, João Barone, Carlo Bartolini ; costume designer, Claudia Kopke.
Participants/Performers
Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia.
Description
A woman and her mother are sent to an island and spend almost 60 years trying to leave it. Follow three generations of the woman's family as they all try and find happiness on a lagoon surrounded by shifting dunes.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some graphic sexuality.
System Details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
Language
Portuguese dialogue with optional English, French or Portuguese subtitles.
Awards
Winner Sundance Film Festival, Alfred P. Sloan Prize; official selection Tribeca Film Festival
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Waddington, A., Monteiro de Barros, L., Buarque de Hollanda, P., Guimarães, P., Soárez, E., Barreto, L. C., Montenegro, F., Torres, F., Guerra, R., Seu Jorge., Melodia, L., Della Rosa, R., Mekler, S., Barone, J., & Bartolini, C. (2006). Casa de areia =: The house of sand . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrucha. Waddington et al.. 2006. Casa De Areia =: The House of Sand. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrucha. Waddington et al.. Casa De Areia =: The House of Sand Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Waddington, A., Monteiro de Barros, L., Buarque de Hollanda, P., Guimarães, P., Soárez, E., Barreto, L. C. and Montenegro, F. et al (2006). Casa de areia =: the house of sand. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Waddington, Andrucha., et al. Casa De Areia =: The House of Sand Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.

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