The House of the Spirits is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave. The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas. Based on the 1982 novel by Isabel Allende, the film follows three generations of women from a Chilean family during the country’s military dictatorship.