House of Sand and Fog (film)
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| Directed by | Vadim Perelman |
| Produced by | Vadim Perelman Michael London |
| Screenplay by |
Shawn Lawrence Otto Vadim Perelman |
| Based on |
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III |
| Starring |
Jennifer Connelly Ben Kingsley Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| Music by |
James Horner Songs: Elton Ahi |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
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Bisgrove Entertainment
Cobalt Media Group |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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Running time
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124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Persian |
| Budget | $16.5 million |
| Box office | $16,942,795 |
House of Sand and Fog is a 2003 American drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The screenplay by Perelman and Shawn Lawrence Otto is based on the novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III.
The story concerns the battle between a young woman and an immigrant Iranian family over the ownership of a house in Northern California, which ultimately leads to the destruction of four lives. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actor (Ben Kingsley), Best Supporting Actress (Shohreh Aghdashloo), and Best Original Score (James Horner).
Abandoned by her husband, recovering drug addict Kathy Nicolo, living alone in a small house near the San Francisco Bay Area, ignores eviction notices erroneously sent to her for nonpayment of county taxes. Assuming the misunderstanding was cleared up months ago, she is surprised when Sheriff's Deputy Lester Burdon arrives to forcibly evict her. Telling Kathy that her home is to be auctioned off, Burdon feels sympathy for her, helps her move out and advises her to seek legal assistance to regain her house.
A former Imperial Iranian Army Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani who fled his homeland with his family, now lives in the Bay Area working multiple menial jobs. Living beyond his means, he maintains the façade of a respectable businessman so as not to shame his wife Nadereh, son Esmail, and daughter Soraya.
Seeing the auction of Kathy's house in the newspaper, he buys it for a quarter of its actual value, intending to improve and sell the house. Meanwhile, Kathy is evicted from the motel she is staying in. Having nowhere else to go, she spends the night in her car outside her home. The next morning Kathy is angered to see her house being renovated and confronts the workers, injuring her foot. Nadereh and Esmail treat her wound, but her jealousy at seeing how the Behranis have settled in only makes her more determined to get her house back.
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