Briscola or Rich and Poor (Italian: Ricchi e poveri is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Aldo Rossi and starring Carlo Campanini, Annamaria Talamo and Giorgi Corradini. It takes its name from the Italian card game Briscola. Several Italian footballers appear as themselves in the film.

Plot

At the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa several kids, among which Briscola and Pertica stand out, are quite good at playing football, but their conditions are very critical, balls made of rags, broken or missing shoes, clothes worn to the extreme. However, they are carefree and play as best they can on the street or in the Bisagno river bed. Little Lillina, daughter of an industrialist and orphan of her mother, lives raised by a guardian and other dear servants of the house, among which the good butler Tonio stands out. From the top of the boundary wall of her villa she observes the poor boys and despite the fact that she receives mockery, she has extreme sympathy for all of them. One day these, challenged by a boy who attends the "Institute", that is the Liceo Ginnasio Andrea D'Oria, agree to play against a real team of students, but they are not in condition, without shoes the game ends in brawl. Lillina learns this and would like to help them. Unbeknownst to them, she tries to ask her father, through the butler, to make a donation, but instead she will be taxed by her servants. The butler will need to make contact. However he is embarrassed to enter into confidence, he is laughed at and chased away by the proud group.