Dancing in the Dust vs Turbulence
Turbulence has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). Turbulence is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 35m. 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 | Turbulence | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller |
| Country | Iran | United States of America |
| Director | Asghar Farhadi | Claudio Fäh |
| Main cast | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi | Hera Hilmar, Jeremy Irvine, Kelsey Grammer, Olga Kurylenko, Jon Wennington |
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…
Turbulence
Young married couple Zach and Emmy decide to take a hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites to rekindle their relationship. When they and pilot Harry are joined by a third passenger, Julia, events unfold in ways they could never imagine five thousand meters in the air.
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