The Dam (Baraj) (translated)

Turkish cinema's Yeşilçam era produced Baraj in 1977, a film counted among its emotional dramas. It was directed by Orhan Aksoy from a screenplay by Safa Önal, with İrfan Ünal as producer and Akün Film as the production company. It reached cinemas on 1 October 1977 and runs about 92 minutes. Türkân Şoray, Tarık Akan and the Iranian actor Naser Malek Motiee play the leads.

The story is set between Nazım, a foreman at a remote dam construction site, and Aysel, who works in a brothel in Istanbul. They begin writing to each other through a newspaper's lonely-hearts column. Ashamed of his looks, Nazım puts forward Orhan, a handsome young worker at the site, in his place and sends Orhan's photograph. When Aysel comes to the site to meet her pen friend, things get tangled. At first drawn to Orhan from the picture, the young woman then comes to see Nazım's sincere and selfless love. The film asks whether a relationship that began with a lie can become real love.

Türkân Şoray plays Aysel, Tarık Akan is Orhan and Naser Malek Motiee is Nazım Usta, with Suzan Avcı as Melahat. The music is by Erkan Esenboğa and Cahit Berkay, and the cinematography by Erdoğan Engin. Naser Malek Motiee is also credited as Naser Malek Motiee.