Conflict between Sand and Fog I guess the name suggests that it belongs to the residents of both the Sand (representing Middle East) and the Fog (USA). And the House here is not merely their house, it is their own world where the live. One can feel boring looking at the surface but I suggest any viewer should not to look at the story but to each character's mindset and the circumstances they are going through.
Cinematography and montage has worked for this movie and so is the acting. The director should have researched more about the native accent of Behrani. Most of the Kingsly's pronunciation seemed superficial i.e. an American speaking Arabic and Parsi words, but it is supposed to be an Irani Colonel speaking, right?
The movie told me to ask myself what is more important in our life, past or the present. Is it the memories that should drive us or the present circumstances?