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Testa o croce (1982)

Testa o croce poster
Directed by
Nanni Loy
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
T
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Italian comedy presents two separate stories. One follows a man dealing with the celibacy rule for clergy. The other focuses on a character navigating homosexuality.

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What happens

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Italian: Testa o Croce, also known as Heads or Tails) is a 1982 Italian comedy film written and directed by Nanni Loy. 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 homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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