The New Tenants (2009)

Directed by

Joachim Back

Genre

short film, drama film, comedy film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

12 min

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple moves into a new apartment and is immediately confronted by a drug dealer who wants to settle a score with the previous owner. The situation turns chaotic and dangerous as the dealer pressures them.

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What happens

The New Tenants is a 2009 Danish-American short film directed by Joachim Back. The film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short at the 82nd Academy Awards. The film follows a couple who, upon moving into a new apartment, are terrorized by a drug dealer, looking to settle a score with the previous owner. The screenplay was adapted by David Rakoff from the 1996 short film De nye lejere by Anders Thomas Jensen. It was produced at M&M Productions and Park Pictures by executive producers Lance Acord, Mette Ambro, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Gigi Realini, Jean Villiers, producers Sam Bisbee, Johanne Stryhn Felding, Erika Hampson, Tivi Magnusson, Christian Potalivo, director of photography Pawel Edelman, production designer Janet Kim. The locations manager was Nathan West. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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