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The Broken Key

  • 20172017
  • 2h 5m
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2.4/10
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The Broken Key (2017)
"The Broken Key", by Louis Nero Cast: Christopher Lambert, Rutger Hauer, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Madsen, William Baldwin, Franco Nero, Kabir Bedi, Maria De Medeiros, Marc Fiorini
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In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Cor... Read allIn a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation.In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation.

IMDb RATING
2.4/10
388
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  • Director
    • Louis Nero
  • Writers
    • Louis Nero
    • Giancarlo Guerreri(collaboration)
    • As Chianese(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Michael Madsen
    • Christopher Lambert
Top credits
  • Director
    • Louis Nero
  • Writers
    • Louis Nero
    • Giancarlo Guerreri(collaboration)
    • As Chianese(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Michael Madsen
    • Christopher Lambert
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    • 21User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Trailer | The Broken Key by Louis Nero
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    Diana Dell'Erba, Walter Lippa, and Andrea Cocco in The Broken Key (2017)
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    Pia Engleberth and Silvia Bertocchi in The Broken Key (2017)
    Diana Dell'Erba and Andrea Cocco in The Broken Key (2017)
    Lucrezia Verde, Emma Lo Bianco, Valentina Paoleschi, Ludmila Dragusciuk, and Cristina Tampone in The Broken Key (2017)
    Maria de Medeiros in The Broken Key (2017)
    Diana Dell'Erba in The Broken Key (2017)
    Geraldine Chaplin in The Broken Key (2017)
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    Diana Dell'Erba and Andrea Cocco in The Broken Key (2017)
    Andrea Cocco in The Broken Key (2017)
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    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Professor Moonlightas Professor Moonlight
    Michael Madsen
    Michael Madsen
    • Tully DeMarcoas Tully DeMarco
    Christopher Lambert
    Christopher Lambert
    • Count Francis Rosebudas Count Francis Rosebud
    Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Chaplin
    • Tower Womanas Tower Woman
    Franco Nero
    Franco Nero
    • Hiram Abifas Hiram Abif
    William Baldwin
    William Baldwin
    • Friar Hugoas Friar Hugo
    Maria de Medeiros
    Maria de Medeiros
    • Altheaas Althea
    Kabir Bedi
    Kabir Bedi
    • Fahrid Al Kamaras Fahrid Al Kamar
    Marc Fiorini
    Marc Fiorini
    • Nicholas Machiavellias Nicholas Machiavelli
    Andrea Cocco
    • Arthur J. Adamsas Arthur J. Adams
    Diana Dell'Erba
    Diana Dell'Erba
    • Sara Eveas Sara Eve
    Walter Lippa
    • Taron Ironas Taron Iron
    Marco Deambrogio
    • James Mindas James Mind
    Yoon C. Joyce
    Yoon C. Joyce
    • Clerkas Clerk
    Alex Belli
    Alex Belli
    • Snakeas Snake
    Linda Messerklinger
    Linda Messerklinger
    • Moratorium Girlas Moratorium Girl
    Chiara Iezzi
    Chiara Iezzi
    • Esther Staras Esther Star
    Morena Salvino
    • Rosebud Countnessas Rosebud Countness
    • Director
      • Louis Nero
    • Writers
      • Louis Nero
      • Giancarlo Guerreri(collaboration)
      • As Chianese(collaboration)
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    In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession. Printing is now a crime. Libraries have turned into inaccessible museums. Everything is floating, in a stream of data running in the ether, reaching every tablet and smartphone thanks to a fast net created and universally controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation. In the background of this realistic vision of the future, our science fiction/thriller movie is developing, in the suggestion created by a future vision of Turin, still a fascinating, esoteric, and mysterious town. A series of murders followed by many clues will lead the protagonist, a British scholar of ancient Italian origins - new Adam and revived Arthur King - to walk on the path traced, so many centuries before, by Dante Alighieri and by the painter Hieronymus Bosch. The brave Arthur J. Adams (Andrea Cocco) will discover that the motive of the murders is the unstoppable will to preserve a secret as old as the world itself: the ancestral way capable of leading to the supreme knowledge, to the supreme light of Paradise. Before reaching his goal, our Hero will have to delve into the complex universe of symbolism and to surmount his deepest fears, trying to solve a series of ritual murders inspired to the Seven Deadly Sins. At the end of his investigations, and after passing through the deep catharsis provoked by the terrible murders, he will understand that these latter are nothing but a veil. The other side of the coin, behind which the corresponding spiritual forces are hidden: The Seven Cardinal Virtues. A symbolic and exciting journey, full of dangers and twist and turns, towards our inner knowledge. The path we have to follow in order to regain our original wisdom and our home in the sky. Know yourself and you will know your God. —Louis Nero
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    • Trivia
      Trailer Release at TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest (2017)
    • Goofs
      When Hiram Abif (Franco Nero) is free diving and he ascends quickly to the surface, the guy in the boat says that he's ascending to fast. That would be important only for a scuba or industrial diver using compressed air/gas. In free diving you are using the air in your lungs and blood which is at surface pressure so ascent speed is unimportant.
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      Professor Moonlight: The way to Paradise is full of obstacles...

    User reviews21

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    1/10
    This film should carry a government health warning about how bad (for you) it is!
    This film just doesn't make sense. The dialogue, when not inaudible due to the musical score making unheard, is just nonsense. Coupling terrible directing and odious scripts means that I really could not make any sense of what characters were feeling.

    For example, character voices cry out top volume in fear as soon as another new character enters focus despite being unknown to the protagonist and seconds before launching into a terribly choreographed fight scene.

    Most of the actors are examples of once great actors who now are too tired to give a good interpretation of the script. No surprise to see the terribly depressing form of Michael Madsen there. I expected to see him with another washed-up actor of Tim Sizemore, but he manages to butcher the scenes enough on his own.

    Another reviewer wrote about how this film is like nails down a blackboard. I think this is an apt description of scenes that jump around like some Junior film student's project made using home video segments rather than having a set and crew along with others who should have pulled together the show into some kind of discernible storyline or plot. Instead this film is honestly one of the worst ones I have ever seen.

    If you want more evidence for how bad this film is, then consider this. My friends are all avid movie watchers. We've all sat through some turkeys in our time, but this was the first film we have ever watched that caused several caffeinated and sugar-high adults to fall asleep during watching it. We've NEVER done that before or since this movie.
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    • May 29, 2018

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2017 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Slomljen ključ
    • Filming locations
      • Italy
    • Production companies
      • L'Altrofilm
      • Torino Film Production
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $113,772
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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