Trelkovsky (director Roman Polanski), a Polish immigrant residing in Paris, moves into an apartment vacated by a young woman who committed suicide by leaping out of her window. Upon moving in, Trelkovsky begins feeling that the woman's personality traits are being thrust upon him. At a local shop, the proprietor offers him the breakfast and cigarettes that the woman usually purchased--and he accepts them. Holed up in the psychotic environment of a dark Parisian building that's peopled with odd characters, Trelkovsky feels himself overcome by a kind of madness. His slow mental deterioration finally compels him to emulate the woman's final, tragic hours. Polanski's twisted and darkly comic thriller was nominated for the Golden Palm (Best Picture) at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
A timid file clerk moves into a run down apartment, and finds himself to be the object of a strange conspiracy. The flat's former occupant was a young girl who leaped to her death from the dismal room's window.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
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Art Director
Claude Moesching: French Art Director
Cinematographer
Sven Nykvist: Swedish Director Of Photography/Director
Music Director
Hubert Rostaing: French Composer
Production Designer
Pierre Guffroy: French Production Designer
Story
Roland Topor: Director/Writer
Writer
Roman Polanski: Director/Screenwriter/Actor
Art Director
Albert Rajau: Art Director
Review 1:
"...A remarkably sustained psychological drama..."
Source: USA Today
p.6E 07/11/2003
Review 2:
"Sven Nykvist's mulchy visuals capture every paint peel....It's disturbing stuff."
Source: Total Film
p.132 04/01/2004
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