Cul-de-sac (1966)
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, comedy thriller
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 311 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two gangsters take refuge in the remote castle of a young British couple. The gangsters play mind games and cause violent encounters with the couple. The film follows these events in a tense and darkly comic way.
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What happens
Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran, with Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean and Trevor Delaney in supporting roles. It also features Jacqueline Bisset in a small role, in her second film appearance. Polanski's second English-language feature, it follows two injured gangsters who take refuge in the remote island castle of a young British couple in the North of England, spurring a series of mind games and violent altercations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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