Escalation

They tried to turn him into a sexual square!

APPROPIATE

1968 / 89min.

Rating6.2

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Claudine Auger

Gabriele Ferzetti

Leopoldo Trieste

Madeline Smith

Dada Gallotti

Didi Perego

Lino Capolicchio

Antonietta Fiorito

Jacqueline Perrier

Michele Riccardini

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