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
49 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Dancing in the Dust sits at position #27.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dancing in the Dust premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.
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 |