for other uses see Cul-de-sac (disambiguation)

Cul-de-Sac is a 1966 British psychological thriller directed by the Polish director Roman Polański. It was Polański's second film in English, written by himself and Gérard Brach.

The cast includes Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houston, William Franklyn, Trevor Delaney, Marie Kean. It also features Jacqueline Bisset in a small role, in her second film appearance. The black and white cinematography is by Gil Taylor.

Cul de sac is a story about a man who tries to end his life unsuccessfully. Unhappy father of a draining family he has no controls whatsoever over his life. Paul doesn't see any other way but to commit suicide. All the suicide attempts comically bump up against the demandes of each family membre. He also loses control of his own death. Wishing to free himself more firmly he locks himself into dépendance and lack of power. Written by Anonymous

Fanny and her best friend, Sonia are street-fresh adolescents, newly arrived in Montreal from a small town. The first weeks are fun and deliciously dangerous. The girls are far away from authority, school and Fanny's mother's boyfriend. But after several weeks of coasting downtown, what happens on a joyride with no exit ramp in sight? Written by

On a claustrophobic small town street, a cluster of neighbors hide behind closed doors and pass the days by video taping each others' lives. A thirty-something man with the mind of a child walks the line between innocence and guilt; a college grad student writes a dissertation on voyeurs and becomes one himself in order to gather 'research'; a hermetic widower finally emerges from his darkened home after a year in solitude; a man working for an independent research organization runs into an old girlfriend and decides to spy on her and her family; and a ten year old girl innocently watches it all through the lens of her brand new video camera. What starts out as nothing more than a way to pass the time, quickly culminates in violence and betrayal. At the same time disturbing and somehow oddly familiar, Cul de Sac descends through various depths before ultimately revealing the hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. Written by Fever Dream Pictures

A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the criminal, the wife, and the Englishman begin to shift in humorous and bizarre fashion. Written by Sean Taylor