Russian filmmaker Vadim Perelman makes his feature-film debut with the psychological drama House of Sand and Fog , based on the novel by Andre Dubus III . Ben Kingsley plays Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant living the United States. Even though he was a high-ranking official in Iran, he works several menial jobs in order to provide his wife, Nadi ( Shohreh Aghdashloo ), and his son, Esmail ( Jonathan Ahdout ), with an apartment in California. He buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send Esmail to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy ( Jennifer Connelly ). 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 ( Frances Fisher ) and befriends a police officer ( Ron Eldard ). Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma. — Andrea LeVasseur
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Jennifer Connelly | Kathy |
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Ben Kingsley | Behrani |
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Ron Eldard | Lester |
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Frances Fisher | Connie Walsh |
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Kim Dickens | Carol Burdon |
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Shohreh Aghdashloo | Nadi |
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Jonathan Ahdout | Esmail |
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Navi Rawat | Soraya |
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Carlos Gómez | Lt. Alvarez |
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Kia Jam | Ali |
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Jaleh Modjallal | Yasmin |
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Samira Damavandi | Little Soraya |
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Matthew Simonian | Little Esmail |
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Namrata Singh Gujral | Wedding Guest |
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Nasser Faris | Wedding Guest |
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Mark Chaet | Wedding Guest |
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Marco Rodríguez | Mendez |
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Al Rodrigo | Torez |
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Aki Aleong | Tran |
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Joyce Kurtz | Kathy's Mom |
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Scott N. Stevens | County Official |
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Ken Kerman | Locksmith |
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Scott Kinworthy | Deputy Trainee |
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Tom Benick | Hotel Security |
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Samuel Hart | Elevator Man |
| Director | Vadim Perelman |
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| Writer | Andre DUBUS III, Vadim Perelman, Shawn Lawrence OTTO | |
| Producer | Michael London, Shawn Lawrence OTTO, Vadim Perelman, Nina R. Sadowsky, Jeremiah Samuels, Chris Soldo, Stewart Till | |
| Musician | James Horner | |
| Photography | Roger Deakins | |
| Packaging | Snap Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | DreamWorks Home Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Regions | 1 |