Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/19/2003(USA
Release Date: 03/30/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 126 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: DreamWorks

Russian filmmaker Vadim Perelman makes his feature-film debut with the psychological drama House of Sand and Fog, based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. Ben Kingsley plays Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant living the United States. Even though he was a high-ranking official in Iran, he works several menial jobs in order to provide his wife, Nadi (Shohreh Aghdashloo), and his son, Esmail (Jonathan Ahdout), with an apartment in California. He buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send Esmail to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy (Jennifer Connelly). 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 (Frances Fisher) and befriends a police officer (Ron Eldard). Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.

~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jennifer Connelly - Kathy Nicolo
Ben Kingsley - Massoud Amir Behrani
Ron Eldard - Lester Burdon
Shohreh Aghdashloo - Nadi Behrani
Jonathan Ahdout - Esmail Behrani
Frances Fisher - Connie Walsh
Kim Dickens - Carol Burdon
Navi Rawat - Soraya Behrani
Carlos Gomez - Lt. Alvarez

Production:
Vadim Perelman - Director
Michael London Vadim Perelman - Producer
Jeremiah Samuels Shawn Otto - Co Producer
James Horner - Composer
Lisa Churgin - Editor
Vadim Perelman Shawn Otto - Screen Writer
Gene Serdena Gary Diamond - Set Designer
David Stockton - Additional Cinematography
Drew Boughton - Art Director
Chris Soldo - Associate Producer
Deborah Aquila - Casting
Tricia Wood - Casting
Roger Deakins - Cinematographer
Hala Bahmet - Costume Designer
Chris Soldo - First Assistant Director
Maia Javan - Production Designer
William B. Kaplan - Sound/Sound Designer
Jerry Ross - Supervising Sound Editor
Skip Lievsay - Supervising Sound Editor
Andre Dubus III - Book Author

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