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Desert Dancer

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The story takes place on a film set in Iran. It centers on Afshin and some friends who accept danger to manage an underground dance company when many cultural freedoms are forbidden, which brings meaning lessons.
Actors: Marios Nicolaides,
Marios Nicolaides
Marios Nicolaides
Richard David-Caine,
Richard David-Caine
Richard David-Caine
Baz Salam,
Baz Salam
Baz Salam
Bethan Hanks,
Bethan Hanks
Bethan Hanks
Nazanin Boniadi,
Nazanin Boniadi
Nazanin Boniadi 22 May 1980, Tehran, Iran
Hamza Kadri,
Hamza Kadri
Hamza Kadri
Gabriel Senior,
Gabriel Senior
Gabriel Senior
Renee Daly,
Renee Daly
Renee Daly
Mourad Zaoui,
Mourad Zaoui
Mourad Zaoui 23 April 1980, Casablanca, Morocco
Daniel Bass,
Daniel Bass
Daniel Bass
Laura Bernardeschi,
Laura Bernardeschi
Laura Bernardeschi
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Genre: DramaBiography
Director: Richard Raymond
Richard Raymond
Richard Raymond 13 May 1977, London, England, UK
Release: 2014
IMDb: 6.2
Quality:
Duration: 104 min
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CRITICS OF "Desert Dancer"
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Chicago Sun-Times
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April 10, 2015

In his feature film debut, director Richard Raymond keeps the story moving despite some dramatic cliches.
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Eye for Film
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August 07, 2016

Raymond might sometimes hit his beats too hard but he does keep his eye on the bigger picture.
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Guardian
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April 21, 2016

It is montage heavy and toe-curlingly naive.
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Epoch Times
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May 20, 2016

Characters' brief moments of freedom are stirringly depicted in Richard Raymond's based-on-fact bio-picture, Desert Dancer.
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Globe and Mail
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April 17, 2015

There would seem to be only one thing that the act of dancing cannot free the characters in Desert Dancer from, and that's the movie they're in.
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Los Angeles Times
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April 09, 2015

Reece Ritchie brings heart to the lead role, particularly in the decisive solo performance that caps the film. But that sequence is as expressive and alive as the rest of the supposedly movement-loving drama is static.
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Radio Times
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April 21, 2016

There is so little political depth and dramatic tension in the leaden script that the subversive aspect of Ritchie and Pinto's platonic partnership is almost negligible.
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RogerEbert.com
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April 10, 2015

Its depiction of the internal tensions in Iranian politics and culture is not what you'd call super-nuanced, but it is sympathetic to Iran as an entity.
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CineVue
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April 22, 2016

A lifeless, contrived and remarkably unengaging rallying cry for freedom of expression and self-fulfilment in the face of adversity.
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New York Times
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April 09, 2015

"Desert Dancer" explores fascinating aspects of present-day Iran but suffers mightily from simplistic and sentimental tendencies.
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