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The Key Is in the Door (1978)

The Key Is in the Door

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1h 38m

December 13th, 1978

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Synopsis

Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés is found beaten up just outside her door, and an emergency physician comes by to treat her. When her daughter starts seeing someone she doesn't much like, and she begins having a brief affair (her first since the divorce) with the ER doctor, she begins to reconsider her policy.

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Cast

Annie Girardot
Marie Arnault
Patrick Dewaere
Philippe Bertheau
Stéphane Jobert
Jerome
Eléonore Klarwein
Charlotte
Barbara Steele
Cathy
Malène Sveinbjornsson
Alice
Philippe Taccini
Laurent Maubert
Ludwig Abrahami
(as Ludwig Abrami)
Frédéric Andréi
Jean-Francois
Patrick Baugin
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Directors

Yves Boisset
Full cast & crew

Producers

Lise Fayolle
producer
Giorgio Silvagni
producer
Gérard Tournier
associate producer
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Writers

Yves Boisset
screenplay
Marie Cardinal
novel
André Weinfeld
(adaptation) (screenplay) (dialogue)
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Keywords

male nudity
based on novel
school
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Country of Origin

France

Languages

French

Release Dates

September 27th, 1979 (Argentina)
December 13th, 1978 (France)
December 13th, 1978 (France) theatrical
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Alternative Titles

La clé sur la porte (original title)
La llave sobre la puerta (Argentina)
La clé sur la porte (France)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Lycée Voltaire, Paris 12e, France (interior and exterior locations)

Running Times

98 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.66 : 1

Production Companies

Société Française de Production (SFP)
Cinéproduction

Distribution Companies

Maxifilm (Argentina)
GEF-CCFC (France)
Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)

Other Companies

Les Films Michel François (titles)

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