Marco (Paolo Turco), the son of a plastics manufacturer, has just returned from four years away studying in England. Upon his comeback to Italy, he finds nothing but aimlessness. The upper class is disconnected, and the youth are in revolt. For this he spent a night in a prison cell after protesting?
Directed by Adriano Bolzoni (who wrote The Humanoid, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and A Fistful of Dollars; he also directed Nudo, crudo e…), who wrote the script with Giustino Caporale, Marco Masi and Guy Pérol, this has some star power from Peter Lawford, one of the Rat Pack. Yes, the people who made the world want J&B, or as Difford’s Guide says, “…they partied on whiskey — specifically, J&B Rare Whiskey.”
Everyone has changed. His sister Marzia (Trey Hare) has photos of herself — nude — all over her room. His mother (Françoise Prévost) is distant. And while free love is happening all over, he’s disillusioned. Maybe The Graduate-style soundtrack is here to tell us that he’s someone trapped between the rich, the left, the poor, and the right. It’s the kind of movie that talks down on lesbians but has no trouble showing us lots of Sapphic scenes. The cake, the eating it as well…
It’s kind of a mod giallo, but you’ll hate the main character and wonder what’s happening.
You can watch this on YouTube.