The House of the Spirits (film)
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Promotional poster (US)
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| Directed by | Bille August |
| Produced by | Bernd Eichinger |
| Written by |
Isabel Allende (novel) Bille August (screenplay) |
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| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Jörgen Persson |
| Edited by | Janus Billeskov Jansen |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films (US) |
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October 17, 1993 (Germany) April 1, 1994 (US) |
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Running time
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140 minutes |
| Country | Germany Denmark Portugal |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $6,265,311 (US) |
The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave. The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas.
Based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende, the film is about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile, and her recollection of her family history, mainly the rise of her husband, Esteban Trueba. The film won some awards, (Bavarian Film Awards, German Film Awards, the Golden Screen (Germany), Havana Film Festival, and Robert Festival (Denmark), the German Phono Academy and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas).
A young woman, Blanca Trueba (Winona Ryder), arrives at a house with an old man and the young woman starts remembering her life.
Blanca's mother, Clara del Valle (Meryl Streep) was a child with psychic power when Esteban Trueba (Jeremy Irons) came to propose to Clara's older sister, Rosa del Valle. Esteban left his fiancée with her family to earn money for their wedding. One day, Clara has a vision and tells her sister Rosa that there will be a death in the family. The next day, Rosa dies after drinking poison intended for her father, Senator Severo. Clara blames herself for her sister's death, and after watching her sister's autopsy, decides never to speak again.
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