Country
Spain
Date
Sep 23, 1983
Note
San Sebastian Film Festival
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1h 50min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.
Main cast
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| Rossana Canghiari | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Arnaldo Caivano | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Ugo Tognazzi | drunk |
| Ricky Tognazzi | student |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | La chiave |
| Lingua originale | Italiano (IT) |
| Lingue parlate | Italiano |
| Paesi di produzione | Italy |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Selenia Cinematografica, International Video Service, San Francisco Film |
| Data di uscita | 19 ottobre 1983 |
| Producer | Giovanni Bertolucci |
| Writer | Tinto Brass, Junichirō Tanizaki |
| Editors | Tinto Brass, Emanuele Cassin, Emanuela Lucidi, Fiorenza Muller, Giovanna Ritter |
| Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti, Renato Cinti, Ettore Corso, Andrea Sabatello, Amato Gabotti, Renzo Gabotti, Gianfranco Salis, Enrico Sasso, Fabrizio Sforza |
| Asst. Directors | Luca Lachin, Carlo Montanaro, Pietro Santagada, Domenico Saverni, Ricky Tognazzi, Tinto Brass, Carla Cipriani |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila |
| Camera Operators | Enrico Sasso, Renato Cinti, Ettore Corso, Andrea Sabatello, Amato Gabotti, Renzo Gabotti, Gianfranco Salis, Silvano Ippoliti, Fabrizio Sforza |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Country
Italy
Date
Oct 19, 1983
Certification
VM18
Country
Germany
Date
Feb 03, 1984
Certification
18
Country
France
Date
Jun 06, 1984
Certification
10
Country
Finland
Date
Sep 21, 1984
Certification
K-18
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Country
Brazil
Date
Feb 14, 1985
Country
Portugal
Date
Jun 10, 1987
Certification
M/18
Country
South Korea
Date
Jun 27, 1992
Certification
18
Physical media
Country
France
Date
Mar 18, 2004
Note
DVD
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jan 09, 2017
Certification
18
Note
DVD
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