'Casa de Areia', a Brazilian movie directed by Andrucha Waddington, a director who started his career in TV Mini Series, try to reach two distinct points: first, to tell a story about family relationship, its problems and the absence of communication between the generations. Second, to make a movie with a slow paced narrative in the celebrated style of some European directors as Antonioni and Bergman. The outcome is a disaster. 'Casa de Areia' has a good cast, especially Fernanda Torres (daughter of Fernanda Montenegro, the most respected actress in Brazil) but the two points enlisted above fails miserably. The audience just find a boring, pretentious and weak drama settled against a very beautiful landscape.
Review of Casa de Areia
