Dancing in the Dust(رقص در غبار)
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Iran · 2003
1h 35m
Director Asghar Farhadi
Starring Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj
Genre Drama
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Pressured by his family into divorcing his new wife, Nazar insists on paying back his bride’s marriage dowry. After falling behind on payments, he flees the creditors and hides out in the desert with an old snake hunter. Nazar insists on working with the hunter until he earns enough money to settle his debts.
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