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

Elaheh

Freida Pinto

Afshin Ghaffarian

Reece Ritchie

Ardavan

Tom Cullen

Parisa Ghaffarian

Nazanin Boniadi

Mona

Marama Corlett

Farid Ghaffarian

Akin Gazi

Sattar

Simon Kassianides

Mehdi

Makram J. Khoury

Stephano

Tolga Safer

Javadi, Naser

Neet Mohan

Young Afshin Ghaffarian

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