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House of Sand and Fog
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
2003 · Directed by Vadim Perelman · 126 min · Drama · 16 frames
Tagline
Some dreams can't be shared.
Crew
- Screenplay: Shawn Lawrence Otto, Vadim Perelman
- Cinematography: Roger Deakins
- Edited by: Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Maia Javan
- Produced by: Vadim Perelman, Michael London
Cast
- Jennifer Connelly as Kathy
- Ben Kingsley as Behrani
- Ron Eldard as Lester
- Frances Fisher as Connie Walsh
- Kim Dickens as Carol Burdon
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadi
- Jonathan Ahdout as Esmail
- Navi Rawat as Soraya
- Kia Jam as Ali
- Carlos Gómez as Lt. Alvarez
Production
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English, Italian, Persian
- Studios: DreamWorks Pictures, Cobalt Media Group, Michael London Productions
- Budget: $16,500,000
- Box office: $16,942,795
- Themes: depression, immigrant, san francisco, california, house, tragedy, intimidation, bungalow
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