Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!

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Release Date

6/17/1966

Runtime

112 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$135,000

Revenue

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A stranglehold of dark comedy that tightens as two fugitive gangsters invade an isolated couple's fortress, turning power dynamics and masculinity inside out with perverse wit and mounting dread.

Mood

UnsettlingTenseAbsurd

Themes

PowerIdentityCorruption

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteFormalist

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

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