House of Sand and Fog

Produktion

USA
2003, 126min
SUISA: 1004.755
IMDB: 0315983

Cast & Crew

Director:		Vadim Perelman
Producer:		Michael London Vadim Perelman
Cast:		Jennifer Connelly Ben Kingsley Ron Eldard Frances Fisher Kim Dickens Shohreh Aghdashloo Jonathan Ahdout
Script:		Vadim Perelman Shawn Lawrence Otto
Camera:		Roger Deakins
Editing:		Lisa Zeno Churgin
Sound:		Skip Lievsay
Music:		James Horner
Prod. Design:		Maia Javan
Costume Des.:		Hala Bahmet

Verleiher

Ascot Elite
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8026, Zürich

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Kinostart CH-D: 04.Mär.2004
Kinostart CH-F: no release
Kinostart CH-I: no release

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Synopsis D

A gripping exploration of the American Dream gone awry, "House of Sand and Fog" is the story of two people driven to desperate measures to claim ownership of a house. It is only a small bungalow in Northern California, but to Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly), it is the last vestige of hope for reclaiming a life that was nearly lost to addiction. When a bureaucratic error forces her eviction, Kathy is left homeless - helpless to stop the house from being sold at auction for a fraction of its worth.

The new owner, Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley), sees the house as the fulfillment of the American Dream he has been pursuing since he fled Iran with his family years earlier. A former Colonel in the Iranian Air Force, Behrani has been reduced to working menial jobs to maintain a pretense of affluence. Now he pours the last of his life savings into the purchase of the house that will, at last, bring back the prosperity his family once knew.

As Kathy and Behrani 's fight for the house escalates, Kathy finds an unlikely ally in the officer sent to evict her, Deputy Sheriff Lester Burdon (Ron Eldard), who becomes dangerously devoted to her cause. Caught in the maelstrom are Behrani's wife, Nadi (Shohreh Aghdashloo), and son, Esmail (Jonathan Ahdout).

What begins as a conflict over a small, rundown bungalow spirals into a clash of cultures that propels everyone involved towards an inescapable, and ultimately heartbreaking, climax. "House of Sand and Fog" exposes the unsettling truth that it is sometimes our hopes and not our hatreds that divide us.