In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge (Shelley Winters) and the tough landlord Mr. Zy establish stringent rules of behavior and Trelkovsky feels ridden by his neighbors. Meanwhile he visits Simone in the hospital and befriends her girlfriend Stella. After the death of Simone, Trelkovsky feels obsessed for her and believes his landlord and neighbors are plotting a scheme to force him to also commit suicide.
Release Date: 11 June 1976Runtime: 126 min
Stars:
- Bernard Fresson
- Claude Dauphin
- Claude Piéplu
- Isabelle Adjani
- Jacques Monod
- Jean-Pierre Bagot
- Jo Van Fleet
- Josiane Balasko
- Lila Kedrova
- Melvyn Douglas
- Michel Blanc
- Patrice Alexsandre
- Romain Bouteille
- Roman Polanski
- Rufus
Director: Roman Polanski