Desert Dancer (2014) (original) (raw)
A film based on an incredible true story. Desert Dancer is a classic hero story about brave young people risking their lives to rebel against their government and fight for their dreams. Set in Iran, where it is currently forbidden to dance, the story follows Afshin Ghaffarian and his friends who despite the dangers form an underground dance company where, via hacking into YouTube, they learn from the very best - Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev. Reveling in the freedom of expression that dance gives them, they set upon putting on a performance deep in the desert, ...(more)
A film based on an incredible true story. Desert Dancer is a classic hero story about brave young people risking their lives to rebel against their government and fight for their dreams. Set in Iran, where it is currently forbidden to dance, the story follows Afshin Ghaffarian and his friends who despite the dangers form an underground dance company where, via hacking into YouTube, they learn from the very best - Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev. Reveling in the freedom of expression that dance gives them, they set upon putting on a performance deep in the desert, away from the watchful eyes of the military police. (less)
Director: Richard Raymond
Writer: Jon Croker
Starring: Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie, Tom Cullen, Makram Khoury, Nazanin Boniadi, Marama Corlett
Producer: Pippa Cross
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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 10, 2015
5 / 10
Since it deals with the arts and the primal release of dance, it�s easy to forgive the broadness of �Desert Dancer.� It�s not a nuanced picture, but an arms-flailing identification of suffering and threat, taking audiences into the lion�s den of Iran in 2009, where political change was on the verge of becoming a reality, frightening those weaned on iron-fisted authority. Aiming to become a sensitive understanding of dancer Afshin Ghaffarian�s true story, �Desert Dancer� manages to find pockets of disturbance that matter, encouraging a few honest beats of distress that aren�t smashed by directo ...read more...
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