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House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 2003

Runtime

2h 6m

Genres

Drama

User Score

71%

Original Title

House of Sand and Fog

Production Companies

DreamWorks Pictures, Cobalt Media Group, Michael London Productions

Director

Vadim Perelman

Budget

$16,500,000

Revenue

$16,942,795

Description

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.