The Pool Hustlers

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The Pool Hustlers a.k.a.
Io, Chiara e lo scuro
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Directed by Maurizio Ponzi
Written by Francesco Nuti
Franco Ferrini
Enrico Oldoini
Maurizio Ponzi
Produced by Gianfranco Piccioli
Marco Valsania
StarringFrancesco Nuti
CinematographyCarlo Cerchio
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byCarlo Maria Cordio
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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. [1] 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 "Bright" or "Clear", and "the Dark One" or "the Darkness", respectively.

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  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Pool Hustlers". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.


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