The Scopone Game

The Scopone Game (1972)

Lo scopone scientifico

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.

Date of release
1972-08-28
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (158)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Luigi Comencini

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Rome

The Scientific Cardplayer, also known as The Scopone Game, is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. The screenplay was written by Rodolfo Sonego. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

Production

Bette Davis was in the midst of a three-week vacation at the La Costa health spa in Carlsbad, California when she received the script. On 24-hour notice, she flew to Rome for filming, but did not learn that the dialogue was to be recorded in Italian until the first day of shooting.

This was the third on-screen pairing of Davis and Joseph Cotten. They had previously costarred in Beyond the Forest (1949) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964).

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