The Key (2007 film)

The Key (French: La Clef) is a 2007 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Nicloux.

The Key
Film poster
French: La Clef
Directed by	Guillaume Nicloux
Written by	Guillaume Nicloux Pierre Trividic
Produced by	Frédéric Bourboulon Philippe Rousselet Étienne Comar
Starring	Guillaume Canet Marie Gillain Vanessa Paradis Josiane Balasko Thierry Lhermitte Jean Rochefort Françoise Lebrun
Cinematography	Christophe Offenstein
Edited by	Guy Lecorne
Production company	Les Films de la Suane
Distributed by	SND Films
Release date	19 December 2007 (2007-12-19)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$6.3 million
Box office	$3.4 million[1]

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

• Guillaume Canet as Éric Vincent
• Marie Gillain as Audrey
• Vanessa Paradis as Cécile
• Josiane Balasko as Michèle Varin
• Thierry Lhermitte as François Maneri
• Jean Rochefort as Joseph Arp
• Françoise Lebrun as Florence Arp
• Maria Schneider as Solange
• Pascal Bonitzer as Jean
• Marina de Van as Sophie
• Yves Verhoeven as Pujol
• Laure Marsac as Florence
• Michaël Abiteboul 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 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), the characters of François Maneri (Thierry Lhermitte), the investigator of a private matter, Une affaire privée, and Michèle Varin (Josiane Balasko), the police captain in That Woman, the second part.