The Tenant
1976 · Movie · 126 min. · France
Meek clerk Trelkovsky takes over a Parisian flat from a woman who has committed suicide. He meets Stella, one of the woman's friends, and begins a tentative relationship with her, but runs afoul of his imperious landlord Mr. Zy, the offensive concierge, and another tenant named Madame Dioz who wants him to sign cruel petitions against people he doesn't know. Soon Trelkovsky is experiencing all kinds of hallucinations, mainly of people persecuting him, and trying to kill him. Incapable of dealing with the disproportionate insensitivity of everyone he meets, he behavior becomes erratic and paranoid.
Direction Roman Polanski
Cast Roman Polanski · Isabelle Adjani · Melvyn Douglas · Shelley Winters · Jo Van Fleet · Bernard Fresson · Lila Kedrova · Claude Dauphin · Claude Piéplu · Rufus Magloire
Soundtrack Philippe Sarde
Screenplay Roman Polanski · Gérard Brach · Roland Topor
Cinematography Sven Nykvist
Original title Le locataire (The Tenant)
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