MC
Marco Castellini
•A modest Polish-origin employee, Trelkovski, is looking for an apartment in Paris. He eventually decides to rent an apartment that remained vacant after the previous tenant attempted suicide by throwing herself from the balcony. Coexistence with the roommates, arrogant and unpleasant, quickly becomes problematic. The man embarks on a one-way path that will lead him to madness... After the unforgettable "Rosemary's Baby", Polanski returns to direct a genre film, not a true horror but a movie with such dark and unsettling atmospheres and tones that it can be comfortably included in this genre. Adapted from a novel by Roland Topor "The Tenant on the Third Floor", it is one of the highest achievements of Polanski's poetic of everyday life turning into a nightmare. Certainly slow, and not suitable for a modern-taste audience, the film nevertheless retains a certain charm, especially for certain sequences masterfully realized and directed. Great Polanski also in front of the camera, the same director plays the role of the protagonist in the film. Trivia: in the Italian, French, and English versions, the director dubbed himself.
