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Certificate TBC

Cast Kate Hudson John Hurt Gena Rowlands Peter Sarsgaard

Directors Iain Softley

Screenwriters Ehren Kruger

Running Time 104 minutes

The Skeleton Key

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Plot
Caring soul Caroline (Hudson) takes up a live-in nursing role with paralysed stroke victim Ben (Hurt) and his scowling wife (Rowlands) in their weathered Louisiana mansion — a house that harbours more than its share of secrets.

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