House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Directed by Vadim Perelman · 126 min · Drama
55.2 TOPICAL score · #1,572 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
House of Sand and Fog (2003, directed by Vadim Perelman) has a TOPICAL score of 55.2 - ranked 1,572 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 74% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 71. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (885 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics74% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 71
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (885 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read21,879 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jennifer Connelly (actor #112), Ben Kingsley (actor #70), Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher
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