She hasn't had a drink in three years, but is depressed by the departure of her husband, has started smoking again, has needed this shock to blast her out of her lethargy. The brother lives in the East, sometimes lends her money, is not sure he believes she is clean and sober. The house was left to her and her brother when their father died. Yes, Massoud has memories, of the good life they led and their shore cottage in Iran. When the wealthy have a fall, the luxury car is often the last treasure to go better an expensive old car than a cheap new one. We see Massoud working on a highway construction gang, washing himself in a rest room, getting into a Mercedes, and driving to his other job, as an all-night clerk in an roadside convenience store. The director and co-writer, Vadim Perelman, doesn't lay out the plot like bricks on a wall, but allows it to reveal itself. She neglects warnings from the county, the house is put up for auction, and it is purchased by Massoud Amir Behrani ( Ben Kingsley), an Iranian immigrant who was a colonel in the Shah's air force but now works two jobs to support his family, and dreams that this house is the first step in rebuilding the lives of his wife and son. She has fallen behind on the taxes for her modest split-level home that has a view, however distant, of the California shore. Kathy Nicolo ( Jennifer Connelly), a recovering alcoholic, has been living alone since her husband walked out eight months ago.
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