The Tenant (1976)
Directed by Roman Polanski · Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
R126 min59 frames
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Apartment for rent: Quiet building. Furnished. 2 rooms. Previous tenant committed suicide.
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A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
The Tenant is a 1976 French psychological horror thriller film directed by and starring Roman Polanski from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gérard Brach, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Roland Topor. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin and Shelley Winters. It is the final installment in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", following Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).
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Across 59 sampled frames, The Tenant builds its coverage from medium shots (54% of the sample), with close-ups (20%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist keeps 61% of it in soft, low-key light. 54% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
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