Synopsis
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.
Movie Information
- Director
- Richard Raymond
- Writers
- Jon Croker
- Release Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 98 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Music
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Morocco, Romania, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (51 votes)
Top 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
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