Desert Dancer
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
At a glance
Countries
Morocco, Romania, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Ratings
TMDB users
6.9/10
51 votes
Rating consensus
69/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Freida Pinto
Elaheh
Reece Ritchie
Afshin Ghaffarian
Tom Cullen
Ardavan
Nazanin Boniadi
Parisa Ghaffarian
Marama Corlett
Mona
Akin Gazi
Farid Ghaffarian
Simon Kassianides
Sattar
Makram J. Khoury
Mehdi
Tolga Safer
Stephano
Neet Mohan
Javadi, Naser
Gabriel Senior
Young Afshin Ghaffarian
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Desert Dancer (2014)
Richard Raymond
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