Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Escalation (1968)

1968, London. Luca, the son of an Italian rich owner, is living his ‘swinging’ years away from duties and responsibilities while his father wants him to be introduced to the family business at any cost. Luca is first forced to return to Italy, then he is kidnapped by his father’s collaborators, jailed into a sanitarium, put through the electroshock and other torments. Then, when ‘normalized’ Luca marries a woman who in reality is a psychologist paid by his father to brainwash him and turn him into a perfect businessman.

Director: Roberto Faenza.

Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Claudine Auger, Gabriele Ferzetti, Didi Perego, Leopoldo Trieste. 

Subtitled in English.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

Courtesy of Rarefilmm

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2582630238886

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