| Christmas Present | |
| Director: | Pupi Avati |
| Starring: | Diego Abatantuono, Alessandro Haber, Carlo Delle Piane |
| Music: | Riz Ortolani |
| Cinematography: | Pasquale Rachini |
| Editing: | Amedeo Salfa |
| Producer: | Antonio Avati |
| Distributor: | SACIS Film |
| Runtime: | 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.[1] The film has a sequel, Christmas Rematch.[2]
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.