Almost a Man

6.5

Italy

Drama

93 min

1966

Jacques Perrin Lea Padovani Ilaria Occhini Gianni Garko Rosemary Dexter Pier Paolo Capponi Kitty Swan Ivan Rassimov Renato Montalbano

A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele returns to his boyhood home, where he learns the reasons for his present mental state.