Dancing in the Dust vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 35m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dancing in the Dust
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema| Dancing in the Dust | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Iran | Ireland |
| Director | Asghar Farhadi | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
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…
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
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