Desert Dancer review " flat-footed drama
The real-life story of a rebellious Iranian dancer trips over its own earnestness and clunky allegoryLoosely based on the life of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, this flat-footed drama about the transformative power of art is crippled by earnestness and clunky allegory. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, where dance is forbidden, we first meet Afshin as a dance-loving child. His mother, in a handy piece of exposition…
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