The Broken Key (2017)

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.

Director:

Louis Nero

Writers:

Louis Nero, Giancarlo Guerreri (collaboration)

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, Michael Madsen, Christopher Lambert

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rutger Hauer	...	Professor Moonlight
Michael Madsen	...	Tully DeMarco
Christopher Lambert	...	Count Francis Rosebud
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Tower Woman
Franco Nero	...	Hiram Abif
William Baldwin	...	Friar Hugo
Maria de Medeiros	...	Althea
Kabir Bedi	...	Fahrid Al Kamar
Marc Fiorini	...	Nicholas Machiavelli
Andrea Cocco	...	Arthur J. Adams
Diana Dell'Erba	...	Sara Eve
Walter Lippa	...	Taron Iron
Marco Deambrogio	...	James Mind
Yoon C. Joyce	...	Clerk
Alex Belli	...	Snake

Storyline

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 tablets and smartphones thanks to a fast net created and universally controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation. On the background of this realistic vision of the future, our sci-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 will discover that the motive of the murders is the unstoppable will to ...

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Genres:

History | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

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Production Company

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 November 2017 (Italy)

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

L'Altrofilm,Torino Film Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

User Reviews

Sounds

I had to give up watching this film after 15 minutes, simply because it was impossible to follow what was going on due to the high volume of the music, which was more in the fore ground than the back ground.