Some dreams can't be shared.
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemporary.
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Cast
- Jennifer ConnellyKathy
- Ben KingsleyBehrani
- Ron EldardLester
- Frances FisherConnie Walsh
- Kim DickensCarol Burdon
- Shohreh AghdashlooNadi
- Jonathan AhdoutEsmail
- Navi RawatSoraya
- Kia JamAli
- Carlos GómezLt. Alvarez
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- Vadim PerelmanDirector
- Shawn Lawrence OttoScreenplay
- Vadim PerelmanScreenplay
- Andre Dubus IIINovel
- Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Lisa Zeno ChurginEditor
- Vadim PerelmanProducer
- Michael LondonProducer
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