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The House

Original title: A Casa
  • 1997
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
664
YOUR RATING
The House (1997)
Drama

A ramshackle mansion in the woods: individuals of all type, age and condition eat, roam or rest inside. But always in strict silence.A ramshackle mansion in the woods: individuals of all type, age and condition eat, roam or rest inside. But always in strict silence.A ramshackle mansion in the woods: individuals of all type, age and condition eat, roam or rest inside. But always in strict silence.

  • Director
    • Sharunas Bartas
  • Writers
    • Sharunas Bartas
    • Yekaterina Golubeva
  • Stars
    • Francisco Nascimento
    • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
    • Alex Descas
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    664
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sharunas Bartas
    • Writers
      • Sharunas Bartas
      • Yekaterina Golubeva
    • Stars
      • Francisco Nascimento
      • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
      • Alex Descas
    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Francisco Nascimento
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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    Alex Descas
    Alex Descas
    Leos Carax
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    Oksana Chernych
    Viktorija Nareiko
    Eugenija Sulgaite
    Eugenija Sulgaite
    Leonardas Zelcius
    Leonardas Zelcius
    Egle Kuckaite
    Greta Sapkaite
    Evinij Jankelevic
    Aloyzas Mongirdas
    Atanas Cereska
    Marija Olsauskaite
    Ingrida Kucinskaite
    Ziville Adomaiyte
    Tomas Vaisieta
    Jurgita Giniuniene
    • Director
      • Sharunas Bartas
    • Writers
      • Sharunas Bartas
      • Yekaterina Golubeva
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    • Trivia
      Greta Sapkaite-Valuckiene, who played in this French-Lithuanian movie when she was fourteen, was a candidate on the Social Democrat Party list for the 2011 Vilnius municipality council elections. She was the first Afro-Lithuanian competing in the elections in Lithuania. Photos from the movie 'The House', where she acts totally naked, appeared on the Internet during the election campaign. This could have been done by some political enemies, but these photos rather provoked some recovery in popularity of this former TV star.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: In the future I am free because it hasn't happened yet.

    User reviews2

    Featured review
    6/10

    Lock this man up!

    Though I enjoyed the screening of this film, I was quite disappointed about "Bartas' latest". Unlike his previous films The House did not take control of the, in my case well-disposed, viewer.

    The separate shots were predominantly fascinating yet sometimes of a very 'controlled' profundity, the lack of continuity on the other hand was embarrassing. At most three consecutive shots formed some kind of a unity.

    Therefore I think Sharunas Bartas should be locked up this time, in the editing room for at least a moth and then present a piece that will be worth his signature.
    • sietze
    • Mar 16, 1999
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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1997 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Lithuania
      • Portugal
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • Lithuanian
      • French Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • La casa
    • Production companies
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Gemini Films
      • IPACA
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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