A Mother's Confession vs Dancing in the Dust
A Mother's Confession has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). Dancing in the Dust is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 53m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Mother's Confession
Dancing in the Dust| A Mother's Confession | Dancing in the Dust | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | Iran |
| Director | Maya Table | Asghar Farhadi |
| Main cast | Ciera Angelia, Raymond Seay, George Murray Jr., Brandon McGee, Keon Black | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi |
Synopsis
A Mother's Confession
When a gang shooting leaves her son in a coma, a single mother grapples with faith and morality as she seeks vengeance against the perpetrator.
Dancing in the Dust
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar 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. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist…
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