The Key (1983)

Original title

La chiave

Directed by

Tinto Brass

Genre

drama film, erotic film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

18

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 447 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her forties in 1940 Venice has a troubled marriage. She starts an affair with her daughter's fiance and this awakens her sexually. The film shows explicit sex scenes and caused a scandal.

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What happens

The Key (Italian: La chiave) is an Italian erotic film directed by Tinto Brass. Set in Venice under the fascist regime in the early months of 1940, it recounts a tale of a voluptuous woman in her forties who is unable to respond to her husband but undergoes a belated sexual awakening with her daughter's fiancé, which enables her to please her husband at last. The film caused scandal in some quarters because it contains several explicit shots of nudity (characterised by certain critics as "gynecological") and sex scenes involving the well-known actress Stefania Sandrelli. However, the film ultimately obtained a decent level of commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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