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Produced by. Roman Polanski's "The Tenant" was the official French entry at Cannes last May, and in the riot to get into the press screening one man was thrown through a glass door and two more found themselves amid the potted palms. It's a wonder nobody was killed in the rush to get out. "The Tenant's" not merely bad -- it's an embarrassment.
Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) It's strange stuff, and too subtle for people who like The Exorcist and The Omen, but The Tenant is a real horror movie. May 9, 2023 Full ...
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The Tenant ( French: Le locataire) is a 1976 French psychological horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gérard Brach, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Roland Topor. [4]
- $5.1 million
- Philippe Sarde
- Andrew Braunsberg
May 26, 1976 · The Tenant: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet. A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
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The choice and the use of real locations is very good. Some ideas of this movie were integrated in Polanski's later film Frantic, including Polanski's apparent love for Paris garbage men and their equipment. Whoever likes The Tenant should look for movies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. They are in the same vein.
Jun 28, 2003 · Review: The Tenant. The film’s nihilist point is clear: It’s the world against Trelkovsky and not the other way around. Roman Polanski survived the Warsaw ghetto by wandering the Polish countryside, lived through the brutal slaughter of his wife Sharon Tate at the hands of Charles Manson’s disciples, and fled the United States in 1977 in ...
Technically, The Tenant is superb, with stunning camerawork by Sven Nykvist, an eerie score by Philippe Sarde, and thoroughly convincing performances from the entire cast. (Review of original release)
