Heads I Win, Tails You Lose | |
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Directed by | Nanni Loy |
Starring | Nino Manfredi Renato Pozzetto |
Cinematography | Claudio Cirillo |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli Paolo Rustichelli |
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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The film consists in two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi. [1] [2]
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