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The Key Is in the Door (1978)

Original title: La clé sur la porte

1978-12-13 · 1h 38m · FR
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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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Yves BoissetDirector, WriterMarie CardinalWriter

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Annie GirardotAnnie GirardotMarie ArnaultPatrick DewaerePatrick DewaerePhilippeÉléonore KlarweinÉléonore KlarweinCharlotteStéphane JobertStéphane JobertJérômeBarbara SteeleBarbara SteeleCathyPhilippe TacciniPhilippe TacciniLaurent

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Family drama

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityFamily DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaEmotional intensityFamily DramaDirector preference308780Actor preference257070 · 142408 · 292006

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What is The Key Is in the Door about?

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.

How long is The Key Is in the Door?

The Key Is in the Door has a runtime of 98 minutes.