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A Casa de Açúcar (1996)

A Casa de Açúcar poster
Directed by
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina, Brazil
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This unfinished film is about a woman and her strange experiences in a mysterious house. The story draws from a novel by Silvina Ocampo, mixing reality with unsettling undertones.

atmosphericmelancholicslow-burndreamlikeunsettlingvisually lushmysteriouscontemplative

What happens

La casa de azúcar, cuyo nombre original es A Casa de Açúcar es una película coproducción de Brasil y Argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen sobre su propio guion escrito según la novela homónima de Silvina Ocampo que se comenzó a rodar en 1996 pero quedó inconclusa. Tuvo como actores principales a Andrea Murucci, Marcelo Antony, Roberto Carnaghi, Ivo Cutzarida y Marta Bianchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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