At the start of the story, it is owned by Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly), who inherited the place from her dead father. Since House of Sand and Fog is both visually accomplished and a story of profound humanity, I recommend you watch the movie before you read this article.Īndre Dubus III’s novel House of Sand and Fog puts forward two characters who each in their own justified way lay claim to a house.
Spoiler alert: since the focus of this article is the music James Horner wrote for the movie’s concluding third act, everything down to the third-act twists is explored at great length here.
