![]() As for the performances, what can I say? Rarely if ever has a single performance moved me as much as Kingsley's. Every scene takes you deeper and deeper into the soul of the characters, without ever being slow moving or over descriptive. Like great directors such as Tarkovsky have done, Perelman approaches his every character and pierces through her/his soul. Everything is brought together to create an astonishing emotional impact. How can one tell a story and be more than a mere narrator? How can a book be adapted to film, without merely repeating what the book itself says? Not only does newcomer director Vadim Perelman answer this question, he gives us one of the best films of the past decade. I cannot speak of the plot any further without spoiling it, so I will stop here. ![]() And when Kathy's boyfriend, Officer Lester Burdon (very effectively performed by Ron Eldard), a racist obsessed with the concept of justice decides to help her, all hell breaks loose. However, the previous owner of the house, a depressed young woman and recovering alcoholic, Kathy Lazaro (Jennifer Connelly), turns up and reclaims her property, which was taken from her because of a bureaucratic error. Colonel Behrani (Sir Ben Kingsley) and his family, buy a house on the fictional area Pacific County, intending to ameliorate their lifestyle, as they have been banished from their home country, Iran. Dubus created a story of immense power about cultures and the gap between them, about human pain, about hope and ultimately about humanity and sometimes its tragic loss. ![]() This film is based on Andre Dubus III'S acclaimed novel "House of Sand and Fog". ![]()
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