Desert Dancer (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

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Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amidst his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.

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Nazanin Boniadi

Parisa Ghaffarian
Freida Pinto

Elaheh
Marama Corlett

Mona
Tom Cullen

Ardavan
Simon Kassianides

Sattar
Neet Mohan

Javadi, Naser
Reece Ritchie

Afshin Ghaffarian
Bamshad Abedi-Amin

Mehran
Davood Ghadami

Basij Leader
Akin Gazi

Farid Ghaffarian
Tolga Safer

Stephano
Makram Khoury

Mehdi
Mourad Zaoui

The student
Richard David-Caine

Teymour
Alex Klaus

Minder 1

(as Alex Claus)

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Director:

Richard Raymond

Writers:

Jon Croker (screenplay), Afshin Ghaffarian (based on the life story of)

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Awards

2 nominations.

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26 October 2015 | angelofvic

10

| Great movie that meets and exceeds expectations

If you like dance movies, this is for you.

It's comparable to the best true-story dance movies like 'Mao's Last Dancer', 'Dancing Across Borders', and so on. If you liked those movies, you will love this.

It's well cast, well acted, well danced, and very interesting and dramatic.

I loved it!

Highly recommended for dance-movie fans.

The lead character is especially well cast, and he dances marvelously, with passion and beauty and skill, while also being an excellent actor.

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Trivia

There is a misspelled word in the big banner the protesters carry in front of them

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Butterfly
(Chris James (as James))
Performed by Chris James (as Signaljacker)

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Genres

Biography | Drama | Music

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Language

English

Country of Origin

UK, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Morocco

Filming Locations

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$40,763 12 April 2015

Gross USA:

$155,271

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$438,165

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