The Pool Hustlers

The Pool Hustlers a.k.a. Io, Chiara e lo scuro
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maurizio Ponzi
Written by	Francesco Nuti Franco Ferrini Enrico Oldoini Maurizio Ponzi
Produced by	Gianfranco Piccioli Marco Valsania
Starring	Francesco Nuti
Cinematography	Carlo Cerchio
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Carlo Maria Cordio
Release date	1982 (1982)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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.

Cast

• Francesco Nuti as Francesco Piccoli a.k.a. "il Toscano" ("the Tuscan")
• Giuliana De Sio as Chiara
• Marcello Lotti (as himself) - "lo Scuro" ("the Dark One")
• Antonio Petrocelli as Mancino
• Novello Novelli (as Novellantonio Novelli) - Merlo
• Renato Cecchetto as Giovanni
• Claudio Casale
• Carlo Neri
• Claudio Spadaro
• Stefano Cuneo
• Pierangelo Pozzato (as Pietro Angelo Pozzato)

External links

• The Pool Hustlers at IMDb