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Release Date: 1993

Cast: Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Antonio Banderas, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close, Vanessa Redgrave, Jan Niklas, Maria Conchita Alonso, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Armin Mueller-Stahl

Categories: Movies, Supernatural, Family Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller, Political Drama, Romance Film, Suspense, Drama Film, Period Piece, Indie, Epic, Mystery, Romantic Drama

The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese dramatic film starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder and Antonio Banderas. The supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Jan Niklas. It was directed by Bille August and based on the Isabel Allende novel La Casa de los Espíritus, about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile. Principal photography took place in Denmark, but some scenes were filmed in Lisbon and Alentejo, Portugal. It won awards at the Bavarian Film... MORE

The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese dramatic film starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder and Antonio Banderas. The supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Jan Niklas. It was directed by Bille August and based on the Isabel Allende novel La Casa de los Espíritus, about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile. Principal photography took place in Denmark, but some scenes were filmed in Lisbon and Alentejo, Portugal. It won awards at the Bavarian Film Awards, German Film Awards, Golden Screen (Germany), Havana Film Festival, and Robert Festival (Denmark), as well as from the German Phono Academy and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas. At the beginning of the movie, we see a young woman arrive at a house with an old man. She leads him in the house and sits him on a chair, where he asks to be alone. The young woman sits down on the stairs, close to where a little girl is playing. The young woman starts pondering about life, and soon begins to narrate a story. The woman states her mother, Clara Del Valle, knew that she was in love with Esteban Trueba LESS