The Pool Hustlers (1982)

Original title

Io, Chiara e lo scuro

Directed by

Maurizio Ponzi

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

T

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man tries to make it big in the competitive world of Italian billiards. Along the way, he teams up with a female partner and faces a skilled rival known as the Dark One.

comediclightheartedenergeticplayfulunderdognostalgicsports-focusedquirky

What happens

The Pool Hustlers (Italian: Io, Chiara e lo Scuro, "I, Chiara and lo Scuro") is a 1982 Italian comedy drama film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It was co-written by Ponzi, male lead Francesco Nuti and established screenwriters Franco Ferrini and Enrico Oldoini. The symbolic names of the characters mentioned in the Italian title, "Chiara" and "lo Scuro", mean "Claire", and "the Dark One", respectively. Highly successful in Italy, and noted for the spectacular billards scenes performed by Francesco Nuti himself and the legend of italian-style billards Marcello "Lo Scuro" Lotti,like the iconic "royal ottavina " shot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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