Bankers Also Have Souls


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: Grégoire Dufour
  • Claudia Cardinale: Antonella Dufour
  • Clio Goldsmith: Joyane / Barbara
  • Jacques François: Jacques Loriol
  • Renzo Montagnani: emiro Fayçal di Krator
  • Cécile Magnet: Charlotte Legueden
  • Henri Guybet: André
  • Rémi Laurent: Laurent
  • Yolande Gilot: Jennifer
  • Laurence Badie: Marie-Laure
  • Christophe Bourseiller: Jean-Philippe Loriol
  • Duilio Del Prete: 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".