Dancing in the Dust

★★★★★

Original title: Raghs dar ghobar

2003 · 1 h 40 min

Directed by Abolfazl Jalili

Drama

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Cast

Faramarz Gharibian Yousef Khodaparast Baran Kosari Jalal Hadpor Seraj Saeed Noorullahi Mitra Tabrizi

Credits

Written by: Alireza Bazrafshan

Plot

A young man in rural Iran is abandoned by his wife and tries to get her back while the village judges him, in a spare, poetic drama of love and tradition.

Sinekatalog’s take

A spare, poetic Iranian drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (2,510 votes)
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