The Tenant

The Tenant

Drama 1976 2 hr 5 min
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Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors — mostly old recluses — eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid, Trelkovsky convinces himself that his neighbors plan to kill him. He even comes to the conclusion that Stella (Isabel Adjani), the woman he has fallen in love with, is in on the "plot." Ultimately, Polanski assumes the identity of the suicide victim — and inherits her self-destructive urges. Some critics found the movie tedious and overdone; others compared it to Polanski's early breakthrough, Repulsion. The film was based on Le Locataire Chimerique, a novel by Roland Topor.
Drama 1976 2 hr 5 min
Starring Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas
Director Roman Polanski

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Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller The Tenant. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors — mostly old recluses — eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid, Trelkovsky convinces himself that his neighbors plan to kill him. He even comes to the conclusion that Stella (Isabel Adjani), the woman he has fallen in love with, is in on the "plot." Ultimately, Polanski assumes the identity of the suicide victim — and inherits her self-destructive urges. Some critics found the movie tedious and overdone; others compared it to Polanski's early breakthrough, Repulsion. The film was based on Le Locataire Chimerique, a novel by Roland Topor.

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  • Reviews 32
  • Fresh 28
  • Rotten 4

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Studio
Marianne Productions
Genre
Drama
Released
1976
Run Time
2 hr 5 min
Rated
R

© 1976 by Marianne Productions, S.A. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Primary
English (United States) (AAC)
Additional
Danish (Denmark) (Subtitles), Dutch (Subtitles), Finnish (Finland) (Subtitles), French (France) (Audio, Subtitles), German (Germany) (Subtitles), Italian (Italy) (Subtitles), Norwegian (Norway) (Subtitles), Polish (Poland) (Subtitles), Spanish (Spain) (Audio, Subtitles), Swedish (Sweden) (Subtitles)

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