Regalo di Natale, internationally released as Christmas Present, is a 1986 Italian comedy-drama film written and 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.
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Plot
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.
Cast
Diego Abatantuono as Franco Mattioli
Gianni Cavina as Ugo Cavara
Alessandro Haber as Gabriele Bagnoli
Carlo Delle Piane as Antonio Sant'Elia
George Eastman as Stefano Bertoni
Kristina Sevieri as Martina
Rossella Como
Oreste Rizzini as Narrator