Roman Polanski's psychological horror film stars Polanski himself as Trelkovsky, a Polish office clerk in Paris. He rents an apartment in a quiet building whose elderly residents seem to feel malevolence toward the new tenant from the start. After he learns that the previous occupant
jumped from the apartment window, he visits the dying woman--who is covered head to toe in wrappings--in the hospital, and meets her friend Stella (Isabelle Adjani). The woman suddenly lets out a bloodcurdling scream and dies, an event that forms a bond between Trelkovsky and Stella, who nearly
become lovers but drift apart. Meanwhile, Trelkovsky, while experiencing increasing difficul...
Released:
1976
Rated:
R
Length:
124 mins