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House of the Spirits (The)

Country: Portugal | Germany | Denmark | USA | France, Language: English, 140 mins

  • Director: Bille August
  • Writer: Isabel Allende; Bille August
  • Producer: Bernd Eichinger; Edwin Leicht

CGiii Comment

Bille August, quite spectacularly, has made a dull epic.

It plods its way to a conclusion without resolve.

Huge names and a doleful script make House of the Spirits an appealing waste of time.

The book was epic and incomparable - this is an expensive waste of time.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda, eventually to become a local patriarch. He becomes very conservative and is feared by his workers. When Blanca grows up, she falls in love with a young revolutionary, Pedro, who urges the workers to fight for socialism. It is unavoidable that Pedro and Esteban are pitted against each other. Esteban tries to stop the love affair between Pedro and his daughter by all means possible but soon Blanca becomes pregnant and has a daughter. The void between father and daughter seems unbridgeable when Blanca moves in with Pedro.

Cast & Characters

Meryl Streep

Clara del Valle Trueba

Glenn Close

Férula Trueba

Jeremy Irons

Esteban Trueba

Winona Ryder

Blanca Trueba

Antonio Banderas

Pedro Tercero García

Vanessa Redgrave

Nívea del Valle

Maria Conchita Alonso

Tránsito Soto

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Severo del Valle

Jan Niklas

Count Jean de Satigny

Sarita Choudhury

Pancha García

António Assunção

Man at Cattlemarket

Julie Balloo

Young Lady

Frank Baker

Intelligence Officer

João Cabral

Soldier

Miguel Guilherme

Soldier