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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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The Tenant (1976) movie still: wide — An airy room features white walls, stone textures, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking dark foliage. A…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A man sits in the dim pew of a church interior. Light glows faintly through a stained-glass window behind him.The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A city street next to a deep construction excavation pit with apartment buildings behind. Three people stand…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with light green walls features a ceramic sink and cupboard. A young man stands in the…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — An aging grey stone apartment building shows a small window with a lit interior. A man stands inside the…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A quiet administrative room contains wooden desks, stacks of paper, and an inkwell set. A man in a heavy…The Tenant (1976) movie still: wide — A long, narrow, dimly lit apartment hallway features a checkered tile floor and windows. A man and a woman…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A bureaucratic interior with wooden cabinets, filing drawers, and a map on the wall. A middle-aged man sits…The Tenant (1976) movie still: closeup — A dark interior room with muted walls provides the backdrop for this portrait shot. A person wearing a wig…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A woman stands in the foreground viewing a man through a window pane. The man is positioned on the other…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A furnished room with floral drapes and a poster of a palm tree. A man sits at a small table reading a…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A group of people gathers on a dark, stone-paved street at night. A man wearing a bright red jester hat with…The Tenant (1976) movie still: establishing — An industrial utility area features a broken glass pane in a paneled wall. Two heavy metal grate…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A dimly lit bar features a prominent branded lamp on a dark wood counter. The man sits slumped over his…The Tenant (1976) movie still: closeup — A residential bedroom interior with window light illuminating a person from the side. A woman with dark…The Tenant (1976) movie still: medium — A dimly lit pharmacy interior features bright orange and green neon pharmaceutical signage background. An…
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The Tenant — official trailer

What is The Tenant about?

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

Where can you watch The Tenant?

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What does the cinematography of The Tenant look like?

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.

What is the color palette of The Tenant?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Tenant (1976) are #33302d, #181512, #514f49, #44352f, #d6d2ca, #897c6f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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