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Release Date:
January 23, 2004
Original Title:
رقص در غبار
Alternate Titles:
Dancing in the Dust
Raghs dar Ghobar
在微塵中漫舞
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Neshane
Production Countries:
Iran
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
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.
Assistant Director:
Maryam Hazhirvand
Costume Design:
Asghar Farhadi
Director:
Asghar Farhadi
Director of Photography:
Hassan Karimi
Editor:
Saeed Shahsavari
Makeup Artist:
Rahele Nemat Zade
Ali Bahramian
Original Music Composer:
Hamidreza Sadri
Producer:
Iraj Taghipoor
Production Manager:
Bahram Jalali
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