| The Pool Hustlers a.k.a. Io, Chiara e lo scuro | |
| Director: | Maurizio Ponzi |
| Producer: | Gianfranco Piccioli Marco Valsania |
| Starring: | Francesco Nuti |
| Music: | Carlo Maria Cordio |
| Cinematography: | Carlo Cerchio |
| Editing: | Sergio Montanari |
| Runtime: | 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.[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.