The Tenant
Film1976125 min

The Tenant

Taste attributes: dramahorrorthrillerunsavouryheavyintricateenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"How could he escape from his nightmares?"

Boxlist takeA heavy horror film that is dark and moving. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.

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Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Roman PolanskiIsabelle AdjaniMelvyn DouglasBernard FressonShelley Winters

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
1976
Runtime
125 min
Status
Released
Studio
Marianne Productions
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