Desert Dancer
Desert Dancer
Release: 2014-07-03
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.9
Drama
Music
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
Production Countries
Morocco
Romania
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Production Companies
May 13 Films
Head Gear Films
Lipsync Productions
Morocco Film Assistance
CrossDay Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Makram J. Khoury
as Mehdi
Tolga Safer
as Stephano
Neet Mohan
as Javadi, Naser
Gabriel Senior
as Young Afshin Ghaffarian
Freida Pinto
as Elaheh
Nazanin Boniadi
as Parisa Ghaffarian
Marama Corlett
as Mona
Akin Gazi
as Farid Ghaffarian
Reece Ritchie
as Afshin Ghaffarian
Tom Cullen
as Ardavan
Simon Kassianides
as Sattar
Crew
Akram Khan
Choreographer
Benjamin Wallfisch
Original Music Composer
Mohammed Al Turki
Executive Producer
Jon Croker
Screenplay
Luis Astorquia
Producer
Izabella Miko
Producer
Richard Raymond
Director, Producer
Manuel Puro
Casting
Ben Shepherd
Visual Effects Supervisor
Fabiola Beracasa Beckman
Producer
Pippa Cross
Producer