Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Jennifer ConnellyKathy
- Ben KingsleyBehrani
- Ron EldardLester
- Frances FisherConnie Walsh
- Kim DickensCarol Burdon
- Shohreh AghdashlooNadi
- Jonathan AhdoutEsmail
- Navi RawatSoraya
- Kia JamAli
- Carlos GómezLt. Alvarez
Recommendations
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Time
As reversible misunderstandings grow into irreversible tragedy, it slowly dawns on you that this is a superior, heartbreaking film. - 100
Los Angeles Times
Its step-by-step tragedy is so ruthless in its unfolding, you may find yourself wishing it were less well done, that it left you some room to breathe. But House of Sand and Fog has a story to tell and it means to tell it, no matter what the cost. - 90
Variety
A faithful, powerful and superbly acted adaptation of Andre Dubus III's international bestseller. - 88
ReelViews
This is a hard, challenging motion picture. It demands much from the audience, and repays that investment with powerful, engrossing drama that does not offer insulting, facile answers. House of Sand and Fog is gripping and unforgettable, one of the best movies of 2003. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Just because a scenario turns dark doesn't mean that it's convincing. House of Sand and Fog is artful until it lunges for Art. - 80
Newsweek
Novelist Andre Dubus's plotting may be too much for a two-hour movie. But the story's details feel fresh. The vivid clarity of the images, the compressed fury of the tale, are impossible to get out of your head. - 80
The New York Times
The nearly flawless execution of a deeply flawed premise. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The carefully laid foundation of suspense and dread, with its symmetries and crisp dialogue, is squandered in a clumsy pileup of credulity-stretching cataclysmic events.
