Dancing in the Dust

Dancing in the Dust

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 2003

When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh (Kosari). When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man (Gharibian) who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered. Written by Maple-2

Dancing in the Dust

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 2003

Dancing in the Dust
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh (Kosari). When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man (Gharibian) who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered. Written by Maple-2
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Neshane
Original title رقص در غبار‎‎
Directors Maryam Hazhirvand, Asghar Farhadi
Writers Reza Fazeli, Alireza Bazrafshan, Asghar Farhadi

Cast

Faramarz Gharibian

as The Old Man

Baran Kosari

as Rayhaneh