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and

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Plot

Lia (Gloria Guida) and Tina (Lilli Carati) are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to

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their way to

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to find a

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where they can stay and live the life of

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... or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become entangled with prostitution, the police and an aggressive

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Cast

- Lia *

- Tina * Ray Lovelock - Rico * Vincenzo Crocitti - Riccetto * Giorgio Bracardi - Commissario Maresciallo Zambo *

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- Arguinas * Roberto Reale - Head of rapists *

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- Lesbian car driver *

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- Prof. Affatati *

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- Nazariota *

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- Lesbian * Daniela Doria - Patrizia *

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- Vice-commissioner (as Raoul Lo Vecchio) *

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- Retired civil servant

Release

The film was released as a 2-Disc

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by Raro Video on July 28, 2011.

References

External links

* 1978 films 1970s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Fernando Di Leo Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome 1978 drama films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-film-stub