| House
of Sand and Fog is a film that had me from frame one. It is
one of those rare films that is able to show a conflict and
the viewer is equally sympathetic and annoyed with both sides.
Jennifer Connelly plays Kathy a down and out women who losses
her house due to a technicality (and her own stupidity). Ben
Kingsley plays Behrani a former colonel in the Iranian army
who in the United States is stuck working multiple, menial jobs
to keep his wife and daughter in the life of luxury they have
come to expect. He knows nothing of Kathy's story, but when
her house comes up for auction, he sees it as his chance to
finally grab his slice of the American Dream. From there the
film moves in various ways (which I do not want to give away)
and leads to a beautifully poetic and haunting ending. This
film is not to be missed. |
