Roman polanski repulsion orchestrates a mental ménage à trois in this slyly absurd tale of paranoia from the director's golden 1960s period. Donald pleasance halloween and françoise dorlÉac the soft skin star as a withdrawn couple whose isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly american gangster on the run, played by lionel stander unfaithfully yours. The three engage in a game of shifting identities and sexual and emotional humiliations. Cul de sac is an evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.special featuresnew digital restoration, approved by director roman polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtracktwo gangsters and an island, a 2003 short documentary about the making of cul de sac, featuring interviews with polanski, producer gene gutowski, and cinematographer gil taylorinterview with polanski from 1967theatrical trailersplus a booklet featuringclick images to enlarge