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Christmas Present (film)

Christmas Present
Regalo di Natale.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed by Pupi Avati
Produced by Antonio Avati
Written by Pupi Avati
Starring Diego Abatantuono, Alessandro Haber, Carlo Delle Piane
Music by Riz Ortolani
Cinematography Pasquale Rachini
Edited by Amedeo Salfa
Distributed by SACIS Film
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
101 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Regalo di Natale, internationally released as Christmas Present, is a 1986 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It entered the 43° Venice Film Festival, in which Carlo Delle Piane won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. For his performance in this film Diego Abatantuono won a Nastro d'Argento for Best supporting Actor. The film has a sequel, Christmas Rematch.

The day before Christmas: a group of friends can be found, as tradition, rich in the house of one of them, for a game of poker. Each of the four men, including a mysterious lawyer, has problems in families, and trying to scrape together a Christmas game in a considerable sum in order to live better. But fate has a special plan for each day players.



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