House of Sand and Fog
Director: Vadim Perelman
IMDB Rating: 7.70 out of 10 (15956 votes)
Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter’s chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house’s former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.
Movie tags: 1970s - alcohol - alcoholic-relapse - american-dream - asphyxiation - auction - badge - bare-butt - based-on-novel - bathroom - bathtub-scene - beach - bird - brother-sister-relationship - cabin - california - cigarette - cigarette-smoking - classified-ad - compassion - conflict - courier - dead-child - dead-father - debt - depression - deputy-sheriff - desperation - diner - dinner - directorial-debut - disturbing - domestic-violence - double-suicide - drug-overdose - elevator - eviction - extramarital-affair - family - father-daughter-dance - father-son-relationship - female-lawyer - female-nudity - flashback-sequence - flashlight - fog - foot - foot-injury - gas-station - golden-gate-bridge - heavy-drinking - home - homelessness - hospital - hostage - house - house-improvement - house-sale - husband - immigrant - internal-affairs - intimidation - iran - jail - ladder - language-barrier - legal-aid - loss-of-son - maid - male-nudity - marital-separation - marriage - medication - melancholy - melodrama - military-officer - motel - mother - mother-daughter-relationship - moving - muslim - nail - nonlinear-timeline - persian-american - pier - police - police-harassment - prayer - prejudice - pride - quitting-job - racism - real-estate - relationship-problems - renovation - repossession - restaurant - restroom - ring - road-worker - rogue-cop - san-francisco-california - seagull - secret - sex - shaving - shooting - skateboard - sleeping-in-bathtub - sleeping-in-car - slow-motion - small-town - son - storage-facility - suicide-attempt - sunset - telephone-box - time-lapse-photography - tragedy - tree-cutting - vomit-scene - vulgarity - waterbed - wedding - wedding-reception - wife - woman - Connelly Jennifer - Kathy - Kingsley Ben - Behrani - Eldard Ron - Lester - Fisher Frances - Connie Walsh - Dickens Kim - Carol Burdon - Aghdashloo Shohreh - Nadi - Ahdout Jonathan - Esmail - Rawat Navi - Soraya - G’omez Carlos - Lt. Alvarez - Jam Kia - Ali - Modjallal Jaleh - Yasmin - Damavandi Samira - Little Soraya - Simonian Matthew - Little Esmail - Gujral Namrata Singh - Wedding Guest - Faris Al - Wedding Guest - dvd movies - divx movies - ipod movies - pda movies - Vadim Perelman -
Taglines: 1: Some dreams can’t be shared.
Actors: Connelly Jennifer (Kathy), Kingsley Ben (Behrani), Eldard Ron (Lester), Fisher Frances (Connie Walsh), Dickens Kim (Carol Burdon), Aghdashloo Shohreh (Nadi), Ahdout Jonathan (Esmail), Rawat Navi (Soraya), G’omez Carlos (Lt. Alvarez), Jam Kia (Ali), Modjallal Jaleh (Yasmin), Damavandi Samira (Little Soraya), Simonian Matthew (Little Esmail), Gujral Namrata Singh (Wedding Guest), Faris Al (Wedding Guest),
