An anxious renter's housing nightmare becomes a slapstick odyssey.
It’s 2026 Auckland, New Zealand, through the black-and-white lens of the German expressionist silent era. If it weren't for the online group chat and the overused electric heater, the city’s 100-year-old bungalows with no insulation would make you believe it’s the 1920s. The Ungrateful Tenant follows an anxiety-ridden millennial renter who dreams of one day buying his own house. When his paranoid frustration comes to a head, he kicks out his ‘nightmare’ flatmate, only to be struck back by instant karma, sending him on a cursed odyssey in and out of flats across Auckland. Experience the brutal absurdity of the housing crisis in slapstick fashion.
Conor Bowden
Writer, Director
Conor Bowden
The Tenant
Tim Earl
The Flatmate
Conan Hayes
The Love Interest
Carmel McGlone
The Landlord
Justin Rogers
The Real Estate Agent
Rhiannon McCall
The First Home Buyer
Hamish Parkinson
The Flat Viewer
Paul Kean
The Money Man
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