The Key
The Key

Movie·1983·1h 50m

The Key

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Country

Italy

Language

Italian

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The Story

Original title: La chiave

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

Producer

Giovanni Bertolucci

Cinematography

Silvano Ippoliti

Music

Ennio Morricone

Editor

Tinto Brass

Themes

infidelityjealousyhusband wife relationshipsexual obsessionobsessionkeyfascismdiaryperversionsexploitationphotographolder man younger woman relationship

Production House

Selenia Cinematografica
International Video Service
San Francisco Film

Audience Score

60%

443 votes

Skip14%
Timepass32%
Go for it36%
Perfection18%

Where to watch

Region: ES

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Cast

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli

Teresa Rolfe

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Nino Rolfe

Franco Branciaroli

Franco Branciaroli

Laszlo Apony

Barbara Cupisti

Barbara Cupisti

Lisa Rolfe

Armando Marra

Armando Marra

Maria Grazia Bon

Giulietta

Gino Cavalieri

Gino Cavalieri

Don Rusetto

Piero Bortoluzzi

Memo Longobardi

Irma Veithen

The Nurse

Eolo Capritti

Eolo Capritti

Maria Pia Colonnello

Milly Corinaldi

Milly Corinaldi

Giustina

Edgardo Fugagnoli

Luciano Gasper

Giovanni Michelagnoli

Dr. Fano

Osiride Pevarello

Osiride Pevarello

Sara Tagliapietra

Mirella Zardo

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Crew

Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass

Writer, Director, Editor

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Giovanni Bertolucci

Producer

Silvano Ippoliti

Director of Photography

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