The Tenant is a 1976 psychological thriller film directed by and starring Roman Polanski based upon the 1964 novel Le locataire chimérique by Roland Topor. It is also known under the French title Le Locataire. It co-stars actress Isabelle Adjani. It is the last film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film had a total of 534,637 admissions in France. Trelkovsky , a quiet and unassuming man, rents an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant, Egyptologist Simone Choule, attempted to commit... suicide by throwing herself out the window and through a pane of glass below. He visits Choule in the hospital but finds her entirely in bandages and unable to talk. Whilst still at Choule's bedside, Trelkovsky meets Simone's friend, Stella , who has also come to visit. Stella begins talking to Simone, who becomes aware of her visitors. Initially showing some signs of agitation upon seeing them, Choule soon lets out a disturbing cry, then dies. It isn't clear which of the two has caused this reaction.
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| Release date: | May 26, 1976 |
| Directed by: | Roman Polanski |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 125 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hercules Bellville |
| Editor: | Françoise Bonnot |
| Music by: | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography: | Sven Nykvist |
| Screenplay by: | Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski |
| Adapted from: | The Tenant |
| Genre: | Thriller |