
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 126 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Vadim Perelman,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Frances Fisher as Connie Walsh
- Navi Rawat as Soraya
- Jennifer Connelly as Kathy
- Kim Dickens as Carol Burdon
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadi
- Ben Kingsley as Behrani
- Ron Eldard as Lester
- Carlos Gómez as Lt. Alvarez
- Jonathan Ahdout as Esmail
- Kia Jam as Ali
- Jaleh Modjallal as Yasmin
- Samira Damavandi as Little Soraya
- Matthew Simonian as Little Esmail
- Namrata Singh Gujral as Wedding Guest
- Nasser Faris as Wedding Guest