The Key

The Key

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Release Date

10/19/1983

Runtime

110 mins

Overview

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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A provocative psychological study of manipulation and desire where an art professor orchestrates his wife's seduction, blurring the lines between artistic direction and emotional cruelty. The film watches like a descent into moral quicksand, where every character becomes complicit in the unraveling of family bonds.

Mood

TenseUnsettling

Themes

ObsessionIdentityPowerBetrayal

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Sexual contentSexual violence

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