The Key

The Key

1983 · 110 min · IT · 6.0 (457 votes)
Dir. Tinto Brass · Starring Stefania Sandrelli, Frank Finlay, Franco Branciaroli, Barbara Cupisti, Armando Marra, Maria Grazia Bon · Music Ennio Morricone

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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.

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A suffocating atmosphere of desire and suspicion permeates this erotic drama. The film delves into the dark corners of obsession and marital decay, set against a visually rich, unsettling backdrop.

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