Description:Trelkovsky, a Polish file clerk in Paris, moves into a new apartment in the city. The previous tenant, Simone Choule, lies in a coma in a hospital after jumping out of her window. Trelkovsky's new neighbors are an assortment of old recluses and busybodies. While visiting the ex-tenant in the hospital, Trelkovski meets Stella, Simone'sTrelkovsky, a Polish file clerk in Paris, moves into a new apartment in the city. The previous tenant, Simone Choule, lies in a coma in a hospital after jumping out of her window. Trelkovsky's new neighbors are an assortment of old recluses and busybodies. While visiting the ex-tenant in the hospital, Trelkovski meets Stella, Simone's girlfriend. When Simone dies, Trelkovski obsesses over her and seems doomed to repeat her final act.... (more)(less)
"Roman Polanski directs and acts in this brilliant psychological thriller about a man with particularly finicky neighbours. He suffers nervous breakdowns and believes that they are all out to kill him. Darkly comic but equally nerve wracking. "
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Trelkovksy
He's a quiet and timid little man who keeps to himself, and is eventually driven off the edge by his deranged fellow apartment residents. "
jaytoast added this to a list 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Cast : Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Shelley Winters
What was it about?
A quiet and inconspicuous man called Trelkovsky 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.
My two cents:
After hearing so much good things about this flick, I had some rather high expectations. However, I"
Toby White added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Story: In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge and the tough landlord establish stringent rules of behavior and Trelkovsky feels ridden by his neighbors.
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