The Tenant
1976
***
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Rufus, Shelley Winters, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova
Trelkovsky, a mild-mannered Polish man, rents an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant attempted to commit suicide. He slowly begins to sink into paranoia and becomes convinced that the other tenants in the building are conspiring against him. Roman Polanski's slow-building psychological thriller takes its time to get going, but it builds to a satisfyingly unsettling conclusion. However, the director bites a bit more than he can chew by playing the demanding leading role.
