The Tenant Movie Review & Analysis for Film Criticism

[Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl]

The Tenant movie review and analysis in film criticism course forum for advanced ESL students based on the English Immersion Program

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The Tenant movie review

Trelkovsky, a quiet and unassuming man, rents an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant, Egyptologist Simone Choule, attempted suicide by throwing herself out of the window and through a pane of glass below at 39 Rue de Calais. Before moving in officially, he meets the concierge, who shows the apartment to him, and also shows him where Simone fell.

Nobody has any idea why she was suicidal. Trelkovsky visits Simone in the hospital but finds her entirely in bandages and unable to talk. Whilst still at Simone’s bedside, Trelkovsky meets her friend, Stella, who has also come to visit. Stella is overwhelmed with emotion and begins talking to Simone, who looks towards her visitors and screams monstrously. The matron insists they leave, having already informed Trelkovsky that he may not speak to Simone.

Trelkovsky tries to comfort Stella but dares not say that he never knew Simone, instead pretending to be another friend. They leave together and go out for a drink and a movie. Outside the theatre, they part ways. Later, Trelkovsky calls up the hospital to enquire about Simone and is told she has died.

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[Farhang Hooshmand]

I consider this movie as a masterpiece deserved to be watch more than once. How a paranoid person thinks, feels, and behaves. The main character is a paranoid person who was shy, quiet, reserved, and obedient. He also may be a holocost survivor, a Polish jew who considered as foreigner in Frence and who deeply suffered from psychological problems leading to his odd behavior and paronoia.

[Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl]

Thank you for your comment on the psychological thriller, The Tenant.
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1. … masterpiece deserved to be watch = … masterpiece that deserves to be watched
2. holocost = holocaust
3. who considered as foreigner = who was considered to be a foreigner
4. Frence = France

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