Dancing in the Dust vs Forgiveness Girl
Forgiveness Girl 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 51m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dancing in the Dust
Forgiveness Girl| Dancing in the Dust | Forgiveness Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Family |
| Country | Iran | US |
| Director | Asghar Farhadi | Rob Diamond |
| Main cast | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi | Walter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda Yeaman |
Synopsis
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…
Forgiveness Girl
A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.
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