1966 · drama · thriller · comedy
Cul-de-sac
Directed by Roman Polanski1h 52m1966
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
Our read: Cul-de-sac (1966) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · thriller · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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