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ESCALATION

by Roberto Faenza

synopsis

1968, London. Luca (Lino Capolicchio), 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. He discovered everything and killed her. But the transformation already occurred: Luca is now a cynic and amoral individual, ready to lead family's industry with the iron fist.

original title: Escalation
country: Italy
year: 1968
genre: fiction
directed by: Roberto Faenza
film run: 93'
release date: IT 29/02/1968, CH 26/09/1968, FR 16/10/1968, DE 18/10/1968
screenplay: Roberto Faenza
cast: Lino Capolicchio, Claudine Auger, Gabriele Ferzetti, Didi Perego, Leopoldo Trieste, Paola Corinti, Jacqueline Perrier, Antonietta Fiorito, Howard M. Null, Michele Riccardini, Madeline Smith
cinematography by: Luigi Kuveiller
film editing: Ruggero Mastroianni
art director: Giorgio Giovannini
music: Ennio Morricone
producer: Giuseppe Zaccariello

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