Dancing Mania (2012): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2012, Dancing Mania is a notable film.

What it’s about. Dancing Mania is a short documentary on the latest film by Mania Akbari titled, From Tehran to London. The film takes a closer look at Akbari’s latest boundary-pushing film that displays females dancing for the first time in Iranian cinema after the revolution. Dancing Mania not only reviews the evolutionary growth of Akbari as an expressive filmmaker in the constrained atmosphere of Iran, but it intelligently employs stills, stop motion imagery, and backstage footage to capture the depth of the themes that are played out in From Tehran to London. Through the lens of critical analysis with a touch of Freudian psychoanalysis, the documentary comments on how the themes of dance, death, sexuality, censorship and devastation come to light through the actor’s dialogues and symbols in the film.

Who’s in it. Dancing Mania stars Mania Akbari as Self and Bijan Daneshmand as Self.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Dancing Mania page.