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The Key Is in the Door

4.719781h 38mMovieDramaComedy

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…

DirectorYves Boisset
WritersMarie Cardinal·Yves Boisset

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Cast · Directed by Yves Boisset

AGAnnie Girardot
Annie Girardot
Marie Arnault
PDPatrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere
Philippe
ÉKÉléonore Klarwein
Éléonore Klarwein
Charlotte
SJStéphane Jobert
Stéphane Jobert
Jérôme
BSBarbara Steele
Barbara Steele
Cathy
PTPhilippe Taccini
Philippe Taccini
Laurent

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