--- title: 'The Key (1983)' type: 'film' director: 'Tinto Brass' released: '1983-01-01' runtime_minutes: 116 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-key-1983' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085328/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Key (1983) 1983 · 116 min · Drama · Italy Original title: La chiave ## Synopsis The Key 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 and sex scenes involving the well-known actress Stefania Sandrelli. However, the film ultimately obtained a decent level of commercial success. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tinto Brass](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinto-brass) - **Screenplay:** [Tinto Brass](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinto-brass) - **Producer:** [Tinto Brass](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinto-brass) - **Editor:** [Tinto Brass](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinto-brass) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone) - **Director of Photography:** [Silvano Ippoliti](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvano-ippoliti) ## Cast - [Eolo Capritti](https://cinepixo.com/people/eolo-capritti) - [Osiride Pevarello](https://cinepixo.com/people/osiride-pevarello) - [Barbara Cupisti](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-cupisti) - [Ugo Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-tognazzi) - [Stefania Sandrelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefania-sandrelli) - [Tinto Brass](https://cinepixo.com/people/tinto-brass) - [Ricky Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricky-tognazzi) - [Franco Branciaroli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-branciaroli) - [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay) - [Maria Grazia Bon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-grazia-bon) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-key-1983 Film facts: Wikidata (Q467963); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.