He reckoned the death caused by poisoning would be easier for his wife than the death caused by grief. The next scene takes us to Behrani’s home where he kills his wife by poisoning her tea. Esmail dies in the hospital – an incident which takes away from Behrani – every single reason to live. The House of Sand and Fog is one of the most intense and unbelievable endings we have ever seen. A cop who pops up at the scene misinterprets the situation and shoots Esmail. Uneasy to see his father being mistreated, Esmail pulls out Lester’s gun and points it at him.
Without wasting any moment, Lester shepherds Behrani and his son, Esmail, to the country office. To save his family, Behrani gets ready to sell the house and promises to give Kathy the money if she agrees to transfer the home ownership back to him. Misunderstanding the sight, Lester locks the entire Behrani family in the bathroom at gunpoint. Lester barges in as Behrani and his wife try to take Kathy to the bedroom. Behrani spots her outside his house and brings her inside as she is drunk-unconscious. Kathy unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide with Lester’s sidearm. However, he has one weakness – his family. The Iranian man is strong and determined – he wouldn’t get down on his knees for anything. He tells Kathy he would sell the house if she is willing to pay the price he has set for the house.įollowing Lester’s threat of deportation, Behrani reports the incident to Internal Affairs who respond by reprimanding the former and warning to take his badge if he repeats such an attitude. He doesn’t entertain Kathy or Lester for that matter. While Lester doesn’t use any racial slurs, the film subtly hints he might be a xenophobe.īeing an army man, Behrani knows the ropes very well. In one instance, he visits Behrani and threatens to get him deported from the US if he doesn’t let go of the house. Lester knows he is Kathy’s only hope, so he does everything within his capacity to get her house back. Lester’s sympathy for Kathy turns into love and he abandons his wife and children. Lester was one of the cops who evicted Kathy from her house. Though not as much as Kathy, Behrani also needs the house.
Then, with some investments in its renovation, he plans to resell it to earn some profit. He buys Kathy’s house for a quarter of its price. In reality, however, he works several menial jobs to maintain the façade of wealth and dignity. Therefore, he builds up a façade to convince his family he is an important businessman. However, as he had to flee Iran, his days of glory are left behind. Since Behrani is a former colonel, he and his family are used to pride, reverence, and a life of fulfilment.
It seems he can’t help Kathy even if he wanted to because he’s himself living on the edge. Bad situations turn tragic as Lester decides to act on Kathy’s behalf to get her house back.īehrani is a man of principles and values. Meanwhile, she starts an affair with Lester (Ron Eldard), a police officer who feels sympathetic toward her. Kathy makes multiple failed attempts to get Behrani to relinquish the house. Matters get worse when her house is wrongfully auctioned off to a former Imperial Iranian Army colonel, Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley). Here, we dive into exactly what happened.Īn emotionally broken young girl, Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly), is taken aback when she is evicted from her own house. Based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III, the film features an ending so intense in nature that it is only rivalled by a few other movies (if any). However, the way the story has been stitched together ensures that all of the main characters suffer a tragic end. House of Sand and Fog is probably the only serious crime thriller to date that doesn’t feature a single character with bad intent.
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