Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens

Director: Vadim Perelman

Summary: After her husband leaves and her father dies Kathy finds herself unable to pay the property taxes. The house is auctioned and an Iranian immigrant and his family move in. Kathy digs her heels in and decides she will not go quietly and gets the new man in her life to help. This is the story of the battle for the house and the moral power struggle within...

Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in the powerful drama HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG as two people fighting over the same house. Connelly is Kathy, a troubled young woman struggling with addiction and her husband's departure. Lost in druggy daze, she fails to check her mail, which includes letters threatening to evict her. After she is thrown out of the house she grew up in--wrongly, it turns out, so she seeks legal representation--Massoud Amir Behrani (Kingsley) buys the property at auction with the goal of selling it at a huge profit so his family can live a better life. Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian army, is determined to make his family's move to the United States a successful one--nothing matters more to him than his wife and son's well-being. But when he sees Kathy sleeping in a car outside his fence, he knows he is in for a fight.
Based on the book by Andre Dubus III, Vadim Perelman's directorial debut is a fascinating study of family in the United States. Kathy has no one to turn to--her father is dead, her husband has abandoned her, and she's too frightened to seek help from her mother or brother. She falls for Lester (Ron Eldard), a deputy sheriff who claims to no longer love his wife. And Behrani is so dedicated to his wife (Shohreh Aghidashloo in a riveting performance) and son (Jonahtan Ahdout) that he blinds himself to Kathy's dire situation. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG is a relentless, thought-provoking work that will linger with audiences long after the film ends.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurette - 1. BEHIND THE SCENES, Deleted Scenes, Commentary, Audition Tapes, Photo Gallery
Year:	2003
Release Date:	August 23, 2004
Runtime:	121 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 881344
Keywords:	Fog, House, Sand, General, Drama
Genre:	Drama