The Key
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A provocative erotic drama about marital desire and obsession in wartime Venice, built on voyeurism, jealousy, and the dangerous gap between fantasy and reality.
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.
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