Synopsis
رقص در غبار
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.
The 2003–2005 Other Asia Window
Dancing in the Dust holds position #27 of 49 Other Asia films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 19 titles released, including Dancing in the Dust. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (130 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Other Asia films in 2004.
The 150th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 30% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity (60th percentile) outruns review volume (30th) — a trending, discussed title among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #366 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #269 of 356 (top 76%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Spoken Languages | Persian, Turkish |
| Production Companies | Neshane |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | January 23, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0374153 |