The
House of the Spirits,
1993
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Director:
Bille August
Other Actors:
Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder
This movie, based on the novel by Chilean writer Isabel Allende,
narrates the story of three generations of the Trueba family
in Chili between the years 1928 and 1973. A rupture is caused
between the head of the family (Irons) and his wife (Streep)
when their daughter (Ryder) falls in love with a native (Antonio)
whose father works for the family. Antonio's character (Pedro)
and Iron's character also wind up on opposing political parties
with Antonio a leader of the freedom party. Throughout the
movie Trueba tries to catch and kill Pedro who always manages
to elude him. In the end, he helps to save the young man's
life. An added twist is that Pedro is the father of Trueba's
granddaughter.
Jeremy Irons had
his first professional contact with Antonio two years before in
Los Angeles during a screen test for The Mambo Kings.
Irons played the role that eventually went to Assante. "Now
that I have worked with Antonio," says Irons, "we have
forged a true friendship. Antonio is a marvellous and a great actor,
above all because he is gifted with an energy that overflows him
and that goes out to the people. He loves his work and shows a tremendous
passion. He is one of the most passionate actors I have ever known."
Meryl Streep agrees
with Iron's assessment and further describes Antonio as "a
very sensitive and intelligent person."
Related Information
Antonio forged a
great friendship with Glenn Close on the set and every morning Antonio,
Close and her daughter would ride horses to the beach then go for
a walk speaking of theater, of films -- of anything and everything.
When Antonio wasn't
required on the set in Portugal for The House of Spirits
he flew to Madrid to film Dispara.
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