The Tenant

How this film uses it

Trelkovsky starts to become Simone Choule, the woman who lived in the flat before him. He orders her usual drink at the cafe, smokes her brand and puts on a wig and her dress. By the end he repeats her fall, so the double is what he fears he is turning into.

Where to see it

The dressing up: Trelkovsky buys a wig and women's shoes and puts on Simone's dress. He suspects the neighbors are trying to turn him into the last tenant.

How this film uses it

The film ends where it began. Trelkovsky lies bandaged in the same hospital bed as Simone, and the early hospital visit plays again from his point of view. He lets out the same monstrous scream she did.

Where to see it

The hospital ending: Trelkovsky is bandaged like Simone in the same bed. He sees his own earlier visit, then screams as she did.

How this film uses it

Trelkovsky's window looks across a courtyard to a shared toilet room, where neighbors stand perfectly still. He studies them from his window. Later he sees himself standing at his own window, looking back with binoculars.

Where to see it

The courtyard window: Trelkovsky sees neighbors standing motionless in the toilet room. Later he sees himself at his window with binoculars.

How this film uses it

The concierge, the landlord Zy and the neighbors all complain about him, push him to join petitions and tell him not to call the police. Any of them might be in on a plot. You study them for clues the way he does.

Where to see it

Zy's warning: After Trelkovsky's apartment is robbed, his landlord warns him not to tell the police.

How this film uses it

The film gives Trelkovsky visions of neighbors playing football with a human head and hieroglyphs covering the toilet walls. You cannot tell if these are real or a fever dream. The doubt is what keeps the plot unsettled.

Where to see it

The visions: Trelkovsky sees his neighbors playing football with a human head and finds hieroglyphs in the toilet.