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Escalation (1968)

Escalation (1968)

Comedy

They tried to turn him into a sexual square!

Release Date: 1968, February 29
Directors: Roberto Faenza
Countries: Italy
Production: Cemo Film
Cast: Leopoldo Trieste, Gabriele Ferzetti, Claudine Auger, Lino Capolicchio, Didi Perego, Dada Gallotti, Antonietta Fiorito, Paola Corinti, Harold Null, Michele Riccardini

Overview:

1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed in a sanitarium, where the young man undergoes electroshock therapy until 'normalised'. Luca is then made to marry a woman who is actually a psychiatrist hired to turn him into a perfect businessman.

Keywords:

counter-culture may 68 hippie art