The House of the Spirits (1993)

Directed by

Bille August

Genre

drama film, romance film, rape and revenge film

Country

Germany, France, Portugal, Denmark

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 745 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows three generations of women in a Chilean family. Their lives play out against the backdrop of the country's military dictatorship.

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What happens

The House of the Spirits (Danish: Åndernes hus) is a 1993 historical drama film written and 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 by Isabel Allende, the film follows three generations of women from a Chilean family during the country’s military dictatorship. Although the film won several awards in Europe, including Best Film at the Lola Awards from the German Film Academy and the Robert Award from the Danish Film Academy, in America it was regarded as a critical and commercial failure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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