
The Tenant(1976)
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.



Betty Schneider
Anne Goupil

Giani Esposito
Gerard Lenz

Françoise Prévost
Terry Yordan
Daniel Crohem
Philip Kaufman

François Maistre
Pierre Goupil
Brigitte Juslin
Birgitta

Noëlle Leiris
Monique Le Porrier
Juan's Sister

Malka Ribowska
Tania Fedin

Louison Roblin
Ida
Paris Belongs to Us is a mystery, drama, thriller film released in 1961 exploring themes of paris, france, paranoia, femme fatale, expatriate, theater troupe, bohemians. Directed by Jacques Rivette, it stars Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prévost. A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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