desert dancer

Director: richard raymond

Actor: nazanin boniadi,freida pinto,marama corlett,simon kassianides

Data Published: Thu Jul 03 2014

Genres: Biography,Drama,Music

Key Words: tehran iran,man beaten,flashback,repressed culture,basij

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403393/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Dancer

Description: Desert Dancer is a movie starring Nazanin Boniadi, Freida Pinto, and Marama Corlett. Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amidst his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on...

Plot: Set in Iran, the story follows the ambition of Afshin Ghaffarian. During the volatile climate of the 2009 presidential election, Afshin and some friends (including Elaheh played by Freida Pinto) risk their lives and form an underground dance company. The group learned the dancing from videos of Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev even though the online videos are banned. Afshin and Elaheh also learn much from each other and learned how to embrace their passion for dance and for one another.[4]