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House of Sand and Fog is a 2003 drama film directed by Vadim Perelman, with a screenplay written by Perelman and Shawn Lawrence Otto. It is based on the novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III.
Jan 9, 2004 · A drama film based on a novel by Andre Dubus III, about a woman who is evicted from her house and conflicts with the new Iranian owners. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Crime, Drama
- Vadim Perelman
- 2004-01-09
House of Sand and Fog is a 1999 novel by Andre Dubus III. It was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2000, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, and was adapted into the 2003 film, House of Sand and Fog .
- Andre Dubus
- 1999
Dec 26, 2003 · A film that seizes us with its first scene and never lets go, and we feel sympathy all the way through for everyone in it. It is based on a novel by Andre Dubus II, and tells the story of a house that becomes a source of conflict and tragedy for two families.
Oct 2, 2018 · The National Book Award finalist, Oprah’s Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. A recent immigrant from the Middle East―a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force―yearns to restore his family’s dignity in California.
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- Andre Dubus III
- Andre Dubus
House of Sand and Fog is the story of an Iranian political refugee family who are in struggle for a better life in the United States. Amir Behrani, who was a colonel in Shah's regime, spends most of his savings on a fancy wedding ceremony for his daughter.
Unfolding relentlessly from its tense and colorful first lines, House of Sand and Fog is a narrative triumph. It turns both the traditional immigrant success story and a modern love story upside down with a heartrending outcome, in a masterstroke of American realism and Shakespearean consequence.