The House of Sand

The House of Sand

R 2005 · 115 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Directed by Andrucha Waddington · Written by Andrucha Waddington

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