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Suicide Pact: In the film, Behrani and his wife agree to commit suicide together.Lester and (in the novel) Kathy are arrested and await trial. Behrani's son is killed, and he kills his wife and then himself. The film also omits Kathy going to prison. In the film, she goes willingly with a poisoned drink. (This scene was shot and is available as a deleted scene) Behrani later suffocates his wife with a pillow before killing himself. After his son dies, Behrani finds Kathy still in his home and strangles her she doesn't die. Lighter and Softer: Dark as it is, the film's ending is this to the novel.How We Got Here: The film opens and ends with the same scene of Kathy's character staring blankly at her house.Despite sharing his brother's conservative mores, the Colonel can't imagine himself being able to kill his own child. Honor-Related Abuse: Back when they lived in Iran, Colonel Behrani's brother shot his own daughter for shaming the family with her sexual transgressions.

Since escaping Iran he's put his former career behind him. He wasn't directly involved in the human rights abuses that were committed in the Shah's name, but admittedly he knew about them and didn't do much besides avoiding association with people who were. Former Regime Personnel: The Colonel was part of the Shah's military before the revolution came and forced him to flee with his family.Face Death with Dignity: In the film, unlike the book, Colonel Behrani is composed and dignified as he kills his wife and then himself.Dressing to Die: Colonel Behrani puts on his uniform before committing suicide.Downer Ending: It doesn't end well for anyone.Dirty Cop: Lester's involvement with Kathy leads him to abuse his office in an attempt to intimidate Colonel Behrani.Less so in the novel where his character is more developed, but in the film his character's role in the climax is considerably jarring. Diabolus ex Machina: Deputy Lester Burdon essentially fulfills this in the third act when he barges in on the Behrani family taking care of Kathy and jumps to conclusions.As a result he begins having an affair with Kathy. Dead Sparks: At some point after they married Lester became unable to see his wife as a lover, feeling a sense of wrongness as if she were his sister.Creator Cameo: Dubus has a cameo in the film.'Could Have Avoided This!' Plot: Kathy's lawyer points out the whole situation would have been averted if she had just checked her mail.Both Sides Have a Point: The story refuses to take a side as both main characters have valid reasons for refusing to relinquish the house.

HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG KICKASS.TO MOVIE

Agony of the Feet: The movie has a scene where Kathy impales her bare foot on a board with a nail sticking out of it.

Adaptation Distillation: The film for the most part is faithful to the novel up until the ending, which is considerably darker in the source material.

Both believe that they are entitled to the house and the conflict turns to tragedy. Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant living the United States, buys it in hopes that he can fix it and sell it for a higher price to help his family. Kathy Nicolo, a former drug addict, loses her Californian bungalow in an unfair legal dispute with the county and has nowhere else to go. It was later made into a 2003 film diected by Vadim Perelman, starring Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. House of Sand and Fog is a 1999 novel written by Andre Dubus III.

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