The Key

Year: 2007

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: French

Director: Guillaume Nicloux

Thriller

Eric Vincent, a thirty‑something with an uneventful life, suddenly feels unsettled. He wonders if the anxiety comes from the prospect of a child or the sudden return of a father he never knew. One morning a stranger offers to retrieve his father's ashes. Though hesitant, Eric accepts and is drawn into a deadly conspiracy.

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