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Desert Dancer

Desert Dancer

Be Brave. Be Bold. Be Free.

20146.91h 38m

Overview

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

Directed by Richard Raymond
Written by Jon Croker
Produced by Luis Astorquia, Izabella Miko, Fabiola Beracasa Beckman
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Top Cast

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

Elaheh

Reece Ritchie

Reece Ritchie

Afshin Ghaffarian

Tom Cullen

Tom Cullen

Ardavan

Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi

Parisa Ghaffarian

Marama Corlett

Marama Corlett

Mona

Akin Gazi

Akin Gazi

Farid Ghaffarian

Simon Kassianides

Simon Kassianides

Sattar

Makram J. Khoury

Makram J. Khoury

Mehdi

Tolga Safer

Tolga Safer

Stephano

Neet Mohan

Neet Mohan

Javadi, Naser

Themes & Keywords

danceban from professionbiographyteheran (tehran), iraniranoppression

About Desert Dancer

Desert Dancer is a drama, music film released in 2014 exploring themes of dance, ban from profession, biography, teheran (tehran), iran, iran, oppression. Directed by Richard Raymond, it stars Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie, Tom Cullen. Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

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