The Key Is in the Door

Year: 1978

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: French

Director: Yves Boisset

ComedyDrama

Marie (Annie Girardot), a divorced high‑school teacher, shares a class with her 16‑year‑old daughter. Believing in egalitarian friendships, she keeps her door open to students. When a protégée is found beaten outside, an ER doctor treats her, sparking an affair. As her daughter dates an unsuitable boy, Marie reexamines her open‑door policy.

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