The Pool Hustlers

The Pool Hustlers a.k.a. Io, Chiara e lo scuro
Front cover of the North American (NTSC), English-dubbed VHS version
Directed by	Maurizio Ponzi
Produced by	Gianfranco Piccioli Marco Valsania
Written by	Francesco Nuti Franco Ferrini Enrico Oldoini Maurizio Ponzi
Starring	Francesco Nuti
Cinematography	Carlo Cerchio
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
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 "Bright" or "Clear", and "the Dark One" or "the Darkness", respectively.