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Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
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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 |
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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.