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The Tenant
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1976 French film directed by Roman Polański
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The Tenant is a 1976 French horror, comedy, and drama film directed by Roman Polanski. Polanski co-wrote the screenplay with Gérard Brach, adapting the work by Q550806. The cast includes Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, and Bernard Fresson. Sven Nykvist served as director of photography, while Françoise Bonnot edited the film. Philippe Sarde composed the music, and Pierre Guffroy was the production designer. Jacques Schmidt designed the costumes.
Filmed in Paris, the movie has a runtime of 126 minutes and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in France in May and June 1976. The film is rated R and has received various review scores, including 7.8 out of 10, 84 percent, and 71 out of 100. It generated 5,100,000 in revenue. The narrative involves themes of suicide, identity, paranoia, and the supernatural.
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Film · TMDB
7.6A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Cast
- Roman Polanski as Trelkovsky
- Isabelle Adjani as Stella
- Melvyn Douglas as Monsieur Zy
- Jo Van Fleet as Madame Dioz
- Bernard Fresson as Scope
- Shelley Winters as Concierge
Themes
- suicide
- paris, france
- identity
- psychopath
- paranoia
- hallucination
- identity crisis
- lodger
- neighbor
- tenant
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
51,040 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- The Tenant
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Brach
- Cast member
- Maïté Nahyr
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Cinematographer
- Sven Nykvist
- Filming location
- Paris
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 968575
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- HBV IA.jpg
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- publication date
- 1977-10-06
- film editor
- Françoise Bonnot
- title
- Le Locataire
- production designer
- Pierre Guffroy
- after a work by
- Roland Topor
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 71/100
- costume designer
- Jacques Schmidt
- make-up artist
- Didier Lavergne
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