1976 · 126 min · R

The Tenant

Name: The Tenant
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1976
Duration: 126 min
Cast: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson

Directed by Roman Polanski · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

The Tenant (1976) is a Thriller film, directed by Roman Polanski set in Paris during the 1970s. It runs 126 minutes and is rated R.

A psychological horror, with a bleak and surreal dreamlike tone. Themes of madness / loss of sanity, identity, and isolation play out through unreliable narrator and single location / bottle.

Composer

Philippe Sarde

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Cast

Roman PolanskiIsabelle AdjaniMelvyn DouglasJo Van FleetBernard FressonShelley WintersLila KedrovaClaude Dauphin

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Paris

Setting

Urban

When

1970s

Premise & themes

Premise

Psychological Horror

Themes

Madness / Loss Of Sanity Identity Isolation

Structure

Unreliable Narrator Single Location / Bottle

Tone

BleakSurreal DreamlikeTense

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Slow Burn

Based on

Pure Fiction

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The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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