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The House of the Spirits (1993)

★ 6.9 · 736 ratings on TMDB
The House of the Spirits poster★ 6.9

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

DirectorBille August
CastAntonio Banderas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Glenn Close, Jan Niklas, Jeremy Irons, Joaquín Martínez
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

The House of the Spirits keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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