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Mood:
- BleakGloomySincereTenseDisturbingSuspenseful
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Plot:
- ImmigrantsFighting the SystemLegal ActionObsessive QuestPsychologicalDown on Your LuckEstrangementLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary20th Century21st Century70s
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Place:
- CaliforniaUSASmall Town
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Nonlinear
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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House of Sand and Fog, 2003
English, Persian
USA
Profile of House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog can be described as bleak, tense, and gloomy. The plot revolves around legal action, estrangement, and immigrants. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, House of Sand and Fog is nonlinear. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. House of Sand and Fog is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in California. It takes place in the 20th century and in contemporary times. House of Sand and Fog is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of House of Sand and Fog
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 her funk, 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.
Details
| Language: | English, Persian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 19 December 2003 |
| Runtime: | 126 min |
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as Behrani
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