The Tenant (1976)

Original title

Le locataire

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Genre

drama film, comedy film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 1,243 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A quiet man moves into a Paris apartment where the previous tenant tried to kill herself. As he learns about her life and deals with suspicious neighbors, he begins to lose his grip on reality.

paranoidunsettlingtenseclaustrophobicdisturbingslow-burnpsychologicalexistential dread

What happens

The Tenant (French: Le Locataire) is a 1976 French psychological horror thriller film directed by and starring Roman Polanski from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gérard Brach, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Roland Topor. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin and Shelley Winters. It is the final installment in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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