Bankers Also Have Souls (;), 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.
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".
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