THE TENANT (1976)

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Based on the novel by: Roland Topor

Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Rufus, Lila Kedrova, Patrice Alexsandre, Romain Bouteille, Josiane Balasko, Claude Dauphin, Claude Pieplu, Jacques Monod, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Jacques Rosny, Michel Blanc, Eva Ionesco, Albert Delpy

126 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge and the tough landlord Mr. Zy establish stringent rules of behavior and Trelkovsky feels ridden by his neighbors. Meanwhile he visits Simone in the hospital and befriends her girlfriend, Stella. After the death of Simone, Trelkovsky feels obsessed for her and believes his landlord and neighbors are plotting a scheme to force him to also commit suicide.

Concluding chapter in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy".

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