-LRB- Dargis -RRB- \* ` HOUSE OF SAND ' -LRB- R , 115 minutes , in Portuguese -RRB- Beautifully shot in a sandy , remote corner of northern Brazil , this film tells the story of three generations of women , all of them played by Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres , mother and daughter in real life and two of the national treasures of Brazilian cinema .