House of Sand and Fog
Some dreams can't be shared.
Some dreams can't be shared.
Drama
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2003
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
126 min
Release date:
19 Dec 2003
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian, Persian (Farsi)
Budget:
$16,500,000
Revenue:
$16,942,795
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 13 wins & 42 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
You feel you not only know these people but where they come from.
– Mark Caro,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb 2004
fresh:
Connelly, who has often mistaken posing for acting, digs deep here; Aghdashloo ... gives us a portrait of a woman who is both dutiful to her husband and ravaged by his iron will. Kingsley is most impressive of all.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
7 Aug 2004
rotten:
If "House of Sand and Fog" ultimately feels like a failed exercise, it has less to do with Perelman's limitations than with a book that would have been better served by staying on the page.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
26 Sep 2005
rotten:
Perelman and his long-suffering stars make a spectacle of pain, but fail to register any lighter notes, while the denouement seems calculated to wring out every last tear.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The vivid clarity of the images, the compressed fury of the tale, are impossible to get out of your head.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
1 Nov 2007