Cnr London Circuit and City Square, Canberra City
Open today from 12pm to 4pm
Sat 12 October: 1-4pm
Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema.
Members are invited to purchase an annual Reel McCoy membership at the discounted price of $20 (usually $50/year) upon presentation of their current ACT M&G membership card.
Casque d’Or (1952)
94 minutes, France
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
Signoret stars as Marie, a ‘moll’ to local gangster Raymond, who finds herself caught in an ill-fated love affair with reformed criminal Georges (Reggiani). The story was loosely based on an infamous love triangle between the prostitute Amélie Élie and Apache gang leaders, which was the subject of much sensational newspaper reporting during 1902.
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Don’t Touch the Loot) (1954)
92 minutes, France
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura
Set in a Paris of sparkling nightclubs and dark streets, it concerns an ageing gangster Max (Gabin) who is retiring with his sweetheart Josy (Moreau) after pulling off the heist of 50 million francs in gold bullion. But he can’t escape the underworld and its culture of double-cross.
Sat 12 October: 1-4pm