Dead End

Dead End

1965 · 115 min · ★ 8.5 · Crime, Adventure

Iraj, a journalist photographer, meets Pari in Paris. He returns to Iran and marries Azar. He later gets into trouble and gets entangled in further conspiracies devised by Pari.

Directed by Mehdi Mirsamadzadeh · Written by Ahmad Shamlou

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