The Car Keys

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The Car Keys
Les Clefs de bagnole poster.jpg
Film poster
French Les Clefs de bagnole
Directed by Laurent Baffie
Written byLaurent Baffie
Produced byLaurent Baffie
Starring
CinematographyPhilippe Vene
Edited byAnne Lafarge
Music byRamon Pipin
Production
company
Laurent Baffie Productions
Distributed byRezo Films
Release date
  • 10 December 2003 (2003-12-10)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.3 million [1]
Box office$1.1 million [2]

The Car Keys (French : Les Clefs de bagnole) is a 2003 French mockumentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Laurent Baffie. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Synopsis

It's hard to make a good movie. Laurent Baffie understands this and takes Daniel Russo on a quirky adventure in search of the car keys he lost. In reality, his keys are in his left pocket, but all of this is just an allegory of life, friendship, and adventure. An adventure in which Baffie plays himself, while at the same time directing, screenwriting, and producing.

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