House Of Sand And Fog (DVD)Russian filmmaker Vadim Perelman makes his feature-film debut with the p sychological drama House of Sand and Fog, based on the novel by Andre D ubus III. Ben Kingsley plays Massoud Amir Behrani,... more » an Iranian immigrant living the United States. Even though he was a hi gh-ranking official in Iran, he works several menial jobs in order to provide his wife, Nadi ( Shohreh Aghdashloo), and his son, Esma il (Jonathan Ahdout), with an apa rtment 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 (Je nnifer Connelly ). After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute wit h the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, sh e hi res a lawyer (Frances Fisher) and befriends a police officer (Ron E ldard). Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they fi nd the mselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.]]>« less