Bankers Also Have Souls (French: Le Cadeau;Italian: Il regalo), also released as The Gift, is a 1982 French and Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale. It is based upon the play written by Italo Terzoli and Enrico Vaime, originally brought to success by Gino Bramieri, Valeria Valeri and Paola Tedesco.
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Plot
Gregoire is retiring after many years with the same bank, and his colleagues surprise him with the gift of a beautiful call girl, Barbara. Thinking she is a conquest, he impersonates the bank president, leading to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Cast
Pierre Mondy as Grégoire Dufour
Claudia Cardinale as Antonella Dufour
Clio Goldsmith as Joyane / Barbara
Jacques François as Jacques Loriol
Renzo Montagnani as emiro Fayçal di Krator
Cécile Magnet as Charlotte Legueden
Henri Guybet as André
Rémi Laurent as Laurent
Yolande Gilot as Jennifer
Laurence Badie as Marie-Laure
Christophe Bourseiller as Jean-Philippe Loriol
Duilio Del Prete as Umberto
Reception
While praising the original play, Italian critic Tullio Kezich described the film as "a rancid frozen dish à la Feydeau, stuffed with archaeological gags".