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'House of Sand and Fog'

Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kim Dickens
Director: Vadim Perelman
MPAA rating: R for some violence/disturbing images, language and a scene of sexuality
Running time: 126 minutes
Release date: December 26
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The story: An Iranian immigrant who has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage spends his remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house's former owner.

Critics' Reviews:

Chris Garcia, AA-S:

"'House of Sand and Fog' gropes for Shakespearean resonance."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

"..these good performances never earn very much of our sympathy.."
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