Desert Dancer

Be Brave. Be Bold. Be Free.

Genres

DramaMusic

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

03 July 2014

Country

Morocco

Cast

Freida Pinto

Elaheh

Reece Ritchie

Afshin Ghaffarian

Tom Cullen

Ardavan

Nazanin Boniadi

Parisa Ghaffarian

Marama Corlett

Mona

Akin Gazi

Farid Ghaffarian

Simon Kassianides

Sattar

Makram J. Khoury

Mehdi

Tolga Safer

Stephano

Neet Mohan

Javadi, Naser

Gabriel Senior

Young Afshin Ghaffarian

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