The Scopone Game

The Scopone Game

1972 · 113 min · IT · NR · 7.5 (121 votes)
Dir. Luigi Comencini · Starring Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, Mario Carotenuto, Domenico Modugno · Music Piero Piccioni
DramaComedy

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.

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A poignant, character-driven drama about the quiet desperation and cyclical routines that bind disparate lives. It feels like a slow, lingering gaze into the lives of people trapped by their circumstances, finding fleeting connection in a shared, ritualistic game.

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