premise: The House of the Spirits is about the life of a young lady during the military dictatorship in Chile.
hypothesis: The House of the Spirits . The story details the life of the Trueba family , spanning four generations , and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile -- though the country 's name , and the names of figures closely paralleling historical ones , such as `` the President '' or `` the Poet '' , are never explicitly given . The House of the Spirits (film) . Based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende , the film is about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile , and her recollection of her family history , mainly the rise of her husband , Esteban Trueba .