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Desert Dancer
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Desert Dancer

Jul 3, 2014
1h 38m
★ 6.9

Be Brave. Be Bold. Be Free.

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.

Genres

Drama
Music

Production Companies

May 13 Films
Head Gear Films
Lipsync Productions
Morocco Film Assistance
CrossDay Productions

Desert Dancer Trailers

Cast

Freida Pinto

Elaheh

Freida Pinto

Reece Ritchie

Afshin Ghaffarian

Reece Ritchie

Tom Cullen

Ardavan

Tom Cullen

Nazanin Boniadi

Parisa Ghaffarian

Nazanin Boniadi

Marama Corlett

Mona

Marama Corlett

Akin Gazi

Farid Ghaffarian

Akin Gazi

Simon Kassianides

Sattar

Simon Kassianides

Makram J. Khoury

Mehdi

Makram J. Khoury

Tolga Safer

Stephano

Tolga Safer

Neet Mohan

Javadi, Naser

Neet Mohan

Gabriel Senior

Young Afshin Ghaffarian

Gabriel Senior

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