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House of Sand and Fog
Some dreams can't be shared.
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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Checked Jul 29, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about House of Sand and Fog
Cast
Jennifer ConnellyKathy
Ben KingsleyBehrani
Ron EldardLester
Frances FisherConnie Walsh
Kim DickensCarol Burdon
Shohreh AghdashlooNadi
Jonathan AhdoutEsmail
Navi RawatSorayaCredits
- Directed by
- Vadim Perelman
- Written by
- Shawn Lawrence Otto, Vadim Perelman, Andre Dubus III
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $16.5M
- Box office
- $16.9M
Production
DreamWorks PicturesUnited States- Cobalt Media GroupUnited Kingdom
- Michael London ProductionsUnited States
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