''Heads or Tails'' () is a 1997 Quebec comedy film directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Bill Brownstein, "Lusty cheers for J'en Suis!". ''

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'', March 15, 1997.

Synopsis

In order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique (

) encouraged by his business partner Pierre Sanchez (

) finds a job as an antique dealer for Victor (

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). But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is gay, slowly breaking his marriage with his wife Maude (

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) and stirring weird emotions from his mother Elisabeth ( France Castel).

Cast

(Dominique Samson) *

(Pierre Sanchez) *

(Maude) *

Albert Millaire Rodolphe Albert Millaire, CC, CQ (January 18, 1935 – August 15, 2018) was a Canadian actor and theatre director.

(De Beauregard) *

(Victor) *

Guy Nadon Guy Nadon CM (born August 28, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French-Canadian actor and voice-over actor. Though his most notable English-language role was arguably in '' H2O'', his other works have been in his first language of French. In 2010 ...

(Dr. Lamoureux) * France Castel (Elisabeth Ballester) *

Arielle Dombasle Arielle Dombasle (born April 27, 1953)Dombasle's year of birth has been a subject of much debate, and various sources have given dates ranging from 1953 to 1958. is an American-born French singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough ro ...

(Rose Petipas) * Sophie Faucher (La Sodoma) *

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(Sandy Klein) *

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(Igor de Lonsdale) *

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(Huissier Saisibec) * Jean-Guy Bouchard *

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(Motard) *

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* Paul Buissonneau (Metteur en scène) *

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(Sophie) * Paul-Antoine Taillefer (Hugo) * Louis Champagne (Minister of Culture) *

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(Corinne) * Xavier Dolan-Tadros (Edouard) *

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(Mimi) *

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(Solange) * Julien Bessette (Monsieur Corbeil) *

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(Taxi driver) * Martin David Peters (Sacha) *

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(Elektra) *

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(Anatole Bouffant) *

Luc Charpentier Luc or LUC may refer to: Places * Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune * Luc, Lozère, France, a commune * Le Luc, France, a commune * Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement People and fictional characters * L.U.C., stage name of Łukasz Ros ...

(Andrew L.) * Yanek Gadzala (De Gaulle)

References

External links

* 1997 films 1990s French-language films Canadian LGBTQ-related films Canadian comedy films LGBTQ-related comedy films 1997 LGBTQ-related films Films directed by Claude Fournier French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub