House of sand and fog - Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Vadim Perelman
Threat advisory: High - High risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
Some dreams can't be shared.
Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley) is living a lie to fulfil a dream. Once a member of the Shah of Iran's elite inner circle, he has brought his family to America to build a new life. Despite a pretence of continued affluence, he is barely making ends meet until he sees his opportunity in the auction of a house being sold for back taxes. It is a terrible mistake. Through a bureaucratic snafu, the house had been improperly seized from its rightful owner, Kathy Lazaro (Jennifer Connelly). The loss of her home tears away Kathy's last hope of a stable life - a life that had been nearly destroyed by addiction - and Kathy decides to fight to recover her home... at any cost.
House of sand and fog exposes the unsettling truth that it is sometimes our hopes and not our hatreds that drive us to ruin, in a devastating exploration of the American Dream gone terribly awry.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama house ownership
Persons of interest
- 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
- Carlos Gómez .... Lieutenant Alvarez
- Kia Jam .... Ali
- Jaleh Modjallal .... Yasmin
- Andre Dubus III .... Author
- Shawn Lawrence Otto .... Screenwriter
- Vadim Perelman .... Screenwriter
- Vadim Perelman .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- House of sand and fog official movie site
- House of sand and fog movie trailers:
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- Awards and film festivals:
- Independent Spirit Awards 2004: Nominee: Best First Feature (Vadim Perelman, Michael London), Best Male Lead (Ben Kingsley), Best Supporting Female (Shohreh Aghdashloo)
- National Board of Review, USA 2003: Won: Best Début Director (Vadim Perelman)
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2004: New filmmakers competition
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
House of sand and fog is a dirty little drama that will fill the gap. Warning: contains bureaucracy.
Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Adult themes, medium level violence)
Surveillance time
126 minutes (2:06 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 12 February 2004
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