Christmas Present

Oct 4, 1986

1h 41m

★ 7.3

Overview

On Christmas night, four estranged friends reunite to rip off a wealthy businessman in a game of poker, but old grudges get in the way.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Duea Film

DMV Distribuzione

RAI

Christmas Present Trailers

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Cast

Antonio Santelia

Carlo Delle Piane

Franco Mattioli

Diego Abatantuono

Ugo Cavara

Gianni Cavina

Gabriele Bagnoli

Alessandro Haber

Stefano Bertoni

George Eastman

Martina

Kristina Sevieri

Adriana

Gianna Piaz

assistente editore

Ferdinando Orlandi

Patrizia Camiscioni

Eleonora Salvadori

Saša Vulićević

Roberta Mencarani

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