2003
Iran
1h 35min
Farhadi's enormously impressive debut feature, DANCING IN THE DUST begins with Azarbaijani emigre Nazar (Yousef Khodaparast) being forced by family and friends to divorce his beloved bride Reyhaneh (Baran Kosari) after rumors suggest that her mother is a prostitute. Soon, Nazar finds himself working double shifts to pay off his wedding debts and provide some restitution to his ex- (for whom he still pines). Then, on the run from a creditor, he hides in the back of a van belonging to an elderly snake hunter (Faramarz Gharibian) and winds up transported to the middle of the desert, where he haphazardly tries to corner a piece of the old man's business.
| Directed by | Asghar Farhadi |
| Written by | Asghar Farhadi, Alireza Bazrafshan |