---
title: 'Desert Dancer (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Raymond'
released: '2014-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Romania'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desert-dancer-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403393/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Desert Dancer (2014)

2014 · Drama, History · Romania, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Desert Dancer is a 2014 British biographical drama film directed by Richard Raymond and written by Jon Croker. Starring Reece Ritchie and Freida Pinto, the film is based on the true story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a young, self-taught dancer in Iran, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-raymond)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Wallfisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-wallfisch)

## Cast

- [Tom Cullen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cullen)
- [Nazanin Boniadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nazanin-boniadi)
- [Simon Kassianides](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-kassianides)
- [Makram Khoury](https://cinepixo.com/people/makram-khoury)
- [Reece Ritchie](https://cinepixo.com/people/reece-ritchie)
- [Tolga Safer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tolga-safer)
- [Freida Pinto](https://cinepixo.com/people/freida-pinto)
- [Marama Corlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/marama-corlett)
- [Akın Gazi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ak-n-gazi)

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