Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Maria Conchita Alonso | ... | Tránsito | |
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António Assunção | ... | Man at Cattlemarket (as António Assumpção) |
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Julie Balloo | ... | Young Lady |
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Frank Baker | ... | Intelligence Officer |
Antonio Banderas | ... | Pedro Tercero Garcia | |
João Cabral | ... | Soldier | |
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Carlos César | ... | Ambassador's Driver |
Sarita Choudhury | ... | Pancha | |
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Rogério Claro | ... | Man in Club |
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Edith Clement | ... | Midwife |
Glenn Close | ... | Ferula | |
Miriam Colon | ... | Nana | |
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Oscar A. Colon | ... | Sheriff |
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Franco Diogent | ... | Man at the Party (as Franco Diogene) |
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Pedro Efe | ... | Interrogation Officer |
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda, eventually to become a local patriarch. He becomes very conservative and is feared by his workers. When Blanca grows up, she falls in love with a young revolutionary, Pedro, who urges the workers to fight for socialism. It is unavoidable that Pedro and Esteban are pitted against each other. Esteban tries to stop the love affair between Pedro and his daughter by all means possible but soon Blanca becomes pregnant and has a daughter. The void between father and daughter seems unbridgeable when Blanca moves in with Pedro. Written by Mattias Thuresson
This movie is based on the novel of the same title by Isabel Allende. It tells the story of the Trueba family over a span of 50 years. Jeremy Irons plays the passionate yet harsh patriarch of the family. He is a man of contradictions-in public and with his family, he is proper. Behind closed doors, he has many secrets-affairs, brothels, and a bastard son whom he utterly neglects. Time and fate make him confront these demons and he ultimately learns the blessing of forgiveness. Meryl Streep plays his psychically touched wife like an angel-she is so ethereal she seems of the spirit world. Glenn Close plays her love-starved sister-in-law;she conveys her desperation so adeptly. Meryl Streep treats her as a real sister and showers sisterly affection on this poor creature. It is a spellbinding tale and one that has relevance to all families.