The Keys to the House
2004 · 111 min · Director: Gianni Amelio
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"Prepare yourself for suffering if you intend to be close to him." So speaks the mother of a young woman with severe disabilities, speaking to Gianni, the father of 16-year-old Paolo, himself developmentally disabled. Gianni abandoned the boy at birth, when the child's mother died, and Paulo's aunt and uncle have raised him. They have contacted Gianni and asked him to take Paulo to Berlin for a battery of medical tests. Images of people walking, running, skating, and dancing dot the screen as Gianni and Paulo get to know each other. Over a few days, Gianni tries to sort out his obligations and his desires. Will he accept his role as father to this engaging, mercurial, disabled youth?
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The Keys to the House (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Cast
Nadine
Taxi driver
Andreas
Ospital Warden
Boy watching TV
Male nurse
Playground Boy
Details
- Directed by
- Gianni Amelio
- Written by
- Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Gianni Amelio
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2004
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Country
- Italy, Germany, France, United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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