El inquilino (1957)

Directed by

José Antonio Nieves Conde

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

APTA

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles to find an affordable apartment in Madrid. The film shows the difficulty of housing and the pressure this puts on people.

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What happens

The Tenant (Spanish: El inquilino) is a 1957 Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and starring Fernando Fernán-Gómez about how difficult it was to find an affordable flat in Madrid. At the time it was banned by Spanish censors, and when it was re-released two years later, the film was edited, the dialogue was sanitized for political purposes, and the ending was changed to a happier one. It also failed at the box office. In the 90's, an un-cut and uncensored print was discovered and restored by Filmoteca Española (Spanish Cinemateque). The film is now considered a classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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