Intense dancing uninspired acting gets uninteresting after awhile.
Desert Dancer
2014
Action / Biography / Drama / Music
Desert Dancer
2014
Action / Biography / Drama / Music
Plot summary
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 dancing is currently forbidden, 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 plan to put on a performance deep in the desert, away from the watchful eyes of the military police.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Nazanin Boniadi as Parisa Ghaffarian
Freida Pinto as Elaheh
Tom Cullen as Ardavan
Marama Corlett as Mona
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 919.8 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
PG-13
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Holy smackers was that boring!!!!!
The ONLY reason I had any interest in watching this was because Nazanin Boniadi (Fara from "Homeland") was in this. According to IMDb, she had top billing. So I figured, sure, I'll watch it. After all, even if the movie isn't very good, Nazanin is hot, so that would make up for it to some extent. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!! NB is only in one scene at the very beginning for about a minute. Yes! About a minute of screen time. Time it! Somehow IMDb believes she was going to get top billing for that. In the actual credits of the movie, she gets 4th billing. I don't know how she got such high billing for so little screen time.
The movie itself was a frickin' bore fest. Snooze fest. Call it whatever you want. It wasn't good. Watching paint dry would've been better, because at least you expect it to be boring if you watch paint dry, and nobody is saying Nazanin Boniadi is going to be staring in "watch paint dry." I know Iran has a very repressive regime, but couldn't they have made it about something more worthwhile? Nope. It had to be made about these people in the movie not being allowed to dance. I guess the sequel might be about them not being able to brush with Crest, or not be able to buy Hebrew National Hot Dogs. I don't know. All I can say is, if there's a sequel made, there won't be a sequel played in my computer.
I gave this a 2-star rating. One star for the one minute Nazanine Boniadi was actually in the movie. The other star is for the talent it took to bore the heck out of me. Believe it or not, that does count as a talent, but not one anyone in this film should be proud of.
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Great movie that meets and exceeds expectations
If you like dance movies, this is for you.
It's comparable to the best true-story dance movies like 'Mao's Last Dancer', 'Dancing Across Borders', and so on. If you liked those movies, you will love this.
It's well cast, well acted, well danced, and very interesting and dramatic.
I loved it!
Highly recommended for dance-movie fans.
The lead character is especially well cast, and he dances marvelously, with passion and beauty and skill, while also being an excellent actor.