, director =
Guillaume Nicloux
Guillaume Nicloux (born 3 August 1966) is a French novelist, director and actor. He is the founder of the theatre company La Troupe. He has written crime fiction and directed films for cinema and French television.
He won the Best Screenplay Awar ...
, producer = Frédéric Bourboulon
Philippe Rousselet
Philippe Rousselet (born 7 July 1968) is a French film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2021 American film ''CODA (2021 film), CODA'', a remake of the 2014 French film ''La Famille Bélier'', which he had also produce ...
Étienne Comar
Étienne Comar (born 25 January 1965) is a French film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for producing the films '' Of Gods and Men'' (2010) and ''Timbuktu'' (2014), for which he won the César Award for Best Film as producer ...
, writer = Guillaume Nicloux
Pierre Trividic
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, starring =
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...
Marie Gillain
Marie Gillain O.M.W. (born 18 June 1975) is a Belgian actress.
In 1996 Gillain received the Prix Romy Schneider. She is single and has two daughters, Dune (born in 2004, with musician Martin Gamet) and Vega (born in 2009, with French-Italian a ...
Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model, and actress. Paradis became a child star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's high ...
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
Thierry Lhermitte
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Jean Rochefort
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Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to ...
Françoise Lebrun
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, music =
, cinematography = Christophe Offenstein
, editing = Guy Lecorne
, distributor =
SND Films
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, studio = Les Films de la Suane
, released =
, runtime = 115 minutes
, country = France
, language = French
, budget = $6.3 million
, gross = $3.4 million
''The Key'' (french: La Clef) is a 2007 French thriller film directed by
Guillaume Nicloux
Guillaume Nicloux (born 3 August 1966) is a French novelist, director and actor. He is the founder of the theatre company La Troupe. He has written crime fiction and directed films for cinema and French television.
He won the Best Screenplay Awar ...
.
Plot
Eric Vincent is in his thirties and lives an uneventful life with his wife Audrey. They are talking about having a child. Eric is contacted by a friend of his biological father he never knew about the latter's death. Eric can come and collect his father's ashes. He is reluctant but then accepts.
Cast
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Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...
as Éric Vincent
*
Marie Gillain
Marie Gillain O.M.W. (born 18 June 1975) is a Belgian actress.
In 1996 Gillain received the Prix Romy Schneider. She is single and has two daughters, Dune (born in 2004, with musician Martin Gamet) and Vega (born in 2009, with French-Italian a ...
as Audrey
*
Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model, and actress. Paradis became a child star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's high ...
as Cécile
*
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
as Michèle Varin
*
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Gérar ...
as François Maneri
*
Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Life and career
Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to ...
as Joseph Arp
*
Françoise Lebrun
Françoise Lebrun (born 18 August 1944) is a French actress. She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in Jean Eustache's ''The Mother and the Whore'' (1973). She has worked with other directors including ...
as Florence Arp
*
Maria Schneider Maria Schneider may refer to:
* Maria Schneider (politician) (born 1923), East German politician
* Maria Schneider (actress) (1952–2011), French actress
* Maria Schneider (musician) (born 1960), American musician and composer
* Maria Schneider (ca ...
as Solange
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Pascal Bonitzer
Pascal Bonitzer (; born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for '' Cahiers du cinéma''. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 fi ...
as Jean
*
Marina de Van
Marina de Van (; born 8 February 1971) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, '' Don't Look Back'', was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Her brother is , he appeared with her in the 1998 f ...
as Sophie
*
Yves Verhoeven
Yves Verhoeven (born 27 October 1961) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1989.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1961 births
Living people
French male film actors
People from Seine-Mar ...
as Pujol
*
Laure Marsac
Laure Marsac (born 18 February 1970) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1984.
Filmography
References
External links
*
Actresses from Paris
1970 births
Living people
French film actresses
Most P ...
as Florence
*
Michaël Abiteboul
Michaël Abiteboul is a French actor.
Filmography
Theatre
References
External links
*
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French male film actors
Living people
21st-century French male actors
Year of birth missing (living peop ...
as Thierry
* Gilles Cohen as Larue
* Hélène Alexandridis as Muriel
* Jean-Louis Coulloc'h as Worzik
* Nicolas Jouhet as Ariel Bessy
* Sylvain Creuzevault as Greg
* Luc Schwarz as Luc
* Mathieu Nicourt as Christophe
* Martial Bezot as Simon
*
Olivier Rabourdin
Olivier Rabourdin (born 3 March 1959) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1985. In 2010 he was nominated for a French César Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle) ...
as The tattooist
Production
''The Key'' closes the dark and complex detective trilogy of William Nicloux. We find in this film, in supporting roles populating the parallel plots that Eric Vincent (
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...
), the characters of François Maneri (
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Gérar ...
), the investigator of a private matter, ''Une affaire privée'', and Michèle Varin (
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
), the police captain in
That Woman, the second part.
References
External links
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2007 films
2007 thriller films
Films directed by Guillaume Nicloux
French thriller films
2000s French-language films
2000s French films
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