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Desert Dancer
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6.9Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
Released: 2014-07-0398 minDir: Richard RaymondDrama, Music
Cast
- Freida Pinto as Elaheh
- Reece Ritchie as Afshin Ghaffarian
- Tom Cullen as Ardavan
- Nazanin Boniadi as Parisa Ghaffarian
- Marama Corlett as Mona
- Akin Gazi as Farid Ghaffarian
Themes
- dance
- ban from profession
- biography
- teheran (tehran), iran
- iran
- oppression
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Wikidata facts
- FilmAffinity ID
- 285233
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- publication date
- 2014-07-03
- title
- Desert Dancer
- review score
- 5.3/10
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Iran
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Rudolf Nureyev
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Freida Pinto
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Ischia
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drama film
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biographical film
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British Board of Film Classification
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Nazanin Boniadi
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Izabella Miko
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Tom Cullen
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Benjamin Wallfisch
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Akram Khan
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Reece Ritchie
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Simon Kassianides
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Makram Khoury
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Categories
2010s dance films2010s Emirati films2010s Moroccan films2010s Romanian films2014 biographical drama films2014 British films2014 drama films2014 English-language films2014 filmsBiographical films about dancersBritish biographical drama filmsBritish dance filmsEmirati biographical filmsEmirati drama filmsEnglish-language biographical drama filmsEnglish-language Emirati filmsEnglish-language Moroccan filmsEnglish-language Romanian filmsFilms scored by Benjamin WallfischFilms set in 2009Films set in IranFilms shot in LondonFilms shot in MoroccoFilms shot in Paris