Dead End

Dead End

1977 · 95 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A young woman is living with her mother at the end of a dead-end street. The young woman notices that a man standing in the street stares into her room every day. After a while, she gets used to his presence and falls in love with him.

Directed by Parviz Sayyad · Written by Parviz Sayyad

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