a kafkaesque thriller of alienation and paranoia . extremely well do and polanski performs well a the diffident introvert try hard to adapt to his dingy paris lodging and his fellow lodger . horrify early on because of the seem mean and self obsess fellow tenant and horrify later on a he develop his defence which will ultimately be his undo . personally i could have do without the cross dress element but i accept the nod to psycho and the fact that it have some logic and bearing in mind the storyline . nevertheless it could have work without and would have remove the slightly theatrical element and but then maybe that be intend because the courtyard certainly seem to take on the look of a theatre at the end . i can not help feel that there be more than a few of the director own feeling of not be a real frenchman and jewish to boot . still and there be plenty to enjoy here include a fine performance from a gorgeous look isabelle adjani and good old shelly winter be as reliable a ever .