Desert Dancer

2014

Action / Biography / Drama / Music

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 42 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 2073 2.1K

dance ban from profession biography teheran (tehran), iran iran oppression

Plot summary

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

Director

Richard Raymond Photo
Richard Raymond

Top cast

Neet Mohan Photo
Neet Mohan as Javadi, Naser
Gino Picciano Photo
Gino Picciano as (uncredited)
Freida Pinto Photo
Freida Pinto as Elaheh
Davood Ghadami Photo
Davood Ghadami as Basij Leader
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
919.8 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 2
1.64 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tex805 9 / 10

Wow! Do see this movie!

Reviewed by SuzyCayenne 3 / 10

Disappointing

I wanted to like this film, because it really is a compelling (and true) story.But there was too much wrong with it. The overly melodramatic presentation (and music--can you say Steven Spielberg on a really bad day?) seriously took away from what could have been a truly human drama. The lead actress was so boringly humorless and the whole struggle-with-her-junkiedom so overdone that it was hard to have any sympathy for either her, or anyone who put up with her! and why was the dude from Downton Abbey playing an Iranian, in such unconvincing fashion? It's not like there aren't LOTS of really good actors from that region! The takeaway? Maybe someone should make a documentary on the subject matter.
Reviewed by Kian-nazeryan 5 / 10

Some good some bad

The dance scenes were very nice and attractive but the dialog and other story was a bit exaggeration!
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