Dead End (Bon Bast) (Iran, 1977)

Directed by Parviz Sayyad

This provocative film stars Mary Apick (best actress winner at the Moscow International Film Festival) as a lonely young woman who attracts the attentions of a mysterious suitor haunting the dead end street where she lives. Warming to his attentions, she learns that he is not what he seems to be, and that she and her family may be in danger.

Producer/Screenwriter: Parviz Sayyad. Houshang Baharlou. Editor: Ruhallah Emami. Cast: Mary Apick, Parviz Bahador, Apick Yousefian, Bahram Zarrinpour, Mansoureh Shadmanesh.

35mm, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 95 min.