Film

House of Sand and Fog

2003 · 2h 6m · Drama

Some dreams can't be shared.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Metacritic

71

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.

Jennifer Connelly

Kathy

Ben Kingsley

Behrani

Ron Eldard

Lester

Frances Fisher

Connie Walsh

Kim Dickens

Carol Burdon

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Nadi

Jonathan Ahdout

Esmail

Navi Rawat

Soraya

Kia Jam

Ali

Carlos Gómez

Lt. Alvarez

Jaleh Modjallal

Yasmin

Samira Damavandi

Little Soraya

Matthew Simonian

Little Esmail

Namrata Singh Gujral

Wedding Guest

Nasser Faris

Wedding Guest

Mark Chaet

Wedding Guest

• Vadim PerelmanProducer · Director · Screenplay
• Shawn Lawrence OttoScreenplay
• Andre Dubus IIINovel
• Michael LondonProducer
• Nina R. SadowskyExecutive Producer
• Stewart TillExecutive Producer
• Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
• James HornerOriginal Music Composer
• Lisa Zeno ChurginEditor
• Deborah AquilaCasting

House of Sand and Fog Trailer (2021)House of Sand and Fog trailer

Release date

December 19, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 6m

Rated

R

Budget

$16,500,000

Revenue

$16,942,795

Genres

Drama

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