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Heads or Tails (1971)

Heads or Tails poster
Original title
Pile ou face
Directed by
Roger Fournier
Genre
drama, romance
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends who live apart meet yearly for a weekend of group sex. When one friend cancels and sends a replacement who does not want to join in, the group's usual balance is thrown off.

comedicawkwardlightheartedsocialdisruptiveplayfuluncomfortableyearly-gathering

What happens

Heads or Tails (French: Pile ou face) is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Roger Fournier and released in 1971. The film centres on a group of friends who live in various places around the world and see each other once a year when they gather for a swingers weekend, but whose social equilibrium is upended when one of the circle cancels, sending in her place Stéphanie (Nathalie Naubert), a woman who is unwilling to participate in their sex games. The cast includes Diane Arcand, Jean Coutu, Patricia Foster, Monique Bélisle, Jean-Denis Leduc, Jérôme Tiberghien, Jacqueline Fellay, Patrick Peuvion, Georges Carrère and Claudia Hen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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