The House of Sand
May 13, 2005 | IMDB 6.6
115 min Watch NowDrama
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.
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The Wind
The Steel Trap
Mother of Desert
The Winslow Boy
Sea of Sand
Wings
Hell's Bloody Devils
Foxes
The Other Side
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dark Wind
The Red Baron
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Way of the Gun
Jules and Jim
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Karakum, 45° in the Shadow
Thelma & Louise
The Last Emperor
Paris, Texas
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IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1999
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