Meanwhile, Blanca befriends one of the peasant children, Pedro Tercero, the young son of Esteban's foreman Segundo. Esteban’s rejection leads his son to nurse a resentment against his father and Blanca. Esteban Trueba gives them some money but harshly turns them away. One day, Pancha García appears at the family estate with her now teenaged son, Esteban García, asking his father for money. The couple marry, and Clara and Férula become especially close, with Clara allowing Férula to come live with her and her new husband at Tres Marías.Ĭlara eventually gives birth to a girl, naming her Blanca. At his mother’s funeral, Esteban sees a grown Clara and reacquaints himself with her. Twenty years later, Esteban’s sister Férula informs him that their ailing mother has died.

He also spends nights with Tránsito, a local prostitute to whom he lends money so she can start a new career in the capital. Esteban rapes Pancha, resulting in the illegitimate birth of a boy. One day while horseback riding through the countryside, he sees a peasant girl, Pancha García. He employs natives to work as peasants on the dilapidated land, eventually turning Tres Marías into a successful estate through his use of brute force.

Clara possesses clairvoyant abilities and foresees her own marriage to Esteban Trueba, a miner.Įsteban uses the gold he found from mining to buy a hacienda, Tres Marías. The story is narrated by Blanca Trueba, a young woman from a powerful Chilean family.īlanca's mother, Clara del Valle is a child from a well-off family in Santiago whose father is running for the Senate. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende, the film follows three generations of women from a Chilean family during the country’s military dictatorship.Īlthough the film won several awards in Europe, including Best Film at the Lola Awards from the German Film Academy and the Robert Award from the Danish Film Academy, in America it was regarded as a critical and commercial failure. The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas. The House of the Spirits ( Danish: Åndernes hus) is a 1993 period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave.

La casa degli spiriti by Isabel Allende