House of Sand and Fog

Dec 19, 2003

2h 6m

★ 7.2

Some dreams can't be shared.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DreamWorks Pictures

Cobalt Media Group

Michael London Productions

House of Sand and Fog Trailers

Cast

Kathy

Jennifer Connelly

Behrani

Ben Kingsley

Lester

Ron Eldard

Connie Walsh

Frances Fisher

Carol Burdon

Kim Dickens

Nadi

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Esmail

Jonathan Ahdout

Soraya

Navi Rawat

Ali

Kia Jam

Lt. Alvarez

Carlos Gómez

Yasmin

Jaleh Modjallal

Little Soraya

Samira Damavandi

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