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The Tenant, 1976

Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Written by: Gerard Brach

Language: French, English

Country: France

Runtime: 126 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.8

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The mood of The Tenant is disturbing, atmospheric, and suspenseful. The plot centers around a character with a split personality, mental illness, and ghosts. It features satire. The Tenant is a thriller, horror, and mystery movie. Stylistically, it is surreal. In approach, it is serious. The Tenant is set in Paris. It happens in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The Tenant is known for being essential viewing and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes strong violent content and profanity.

Summary of The Tenant

Trelkovsky (director Roman Polanski), a Polish immigrant residing in Paris, moves into an apartment vacated by a young woman who committed suicide by leaping out of her window. Upon moving in, Trelkovsky begins feeling that the woman's personality traits are being thrust upon him. At a local shop, the proprietor offers him the breakfast and cigarettes that the woman usually purchased--and he accepts them. Holed up in the psychotic environment of a dark Parisian building that's peopled with odd characters, Trelkovsky feels himself overcome by a kind of madness. His slow mental deterioration finally compels him to emulate the woman's final, tragic hours. Polanski's twisted and darkly comic thriller was nominated for the Golden Palm (Best Picture) at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

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Language:	French, English
Country:	France
Release date:	11 June 1976
Runtime:	126 min

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Roman Polanski

as Trelkovsky

Isabelle Adjani

as Stella

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TV Guide

Technically, The Tenant is superb, with stunning camerawork by Sven Nykvist, an eerie score by Philippe Sarde, and thoroughly convincing performances from the entire cast. (Review of original release) Full Review

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Variety

A tale of a paranoid breakdown of a little bureaucratic clerk that wastes no time in trying to be clinical. It has a humorous tang, underlying the macabre. (Review of original release) Full Review

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I like Polanski, but you have to call a spade a spade. This is a bad movie from a good director. It is a random hodgepodge of annoying events that drives the main character and the viewer mad. This film is trying for suspense but crappy neighbors... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Brad Cole
Brad Cole rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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