RIFIFI   Director: Jules Dassin Year: 1955 Runtime: 118 min. Country: France Language: French with English subtitles Color: B&W Format: 16mm

Jo (Carl Mohner) and Mario (Robert Manuel) try to get Tony (Jean Servais) to join them in what should be a quick, simple day-time robbery. All they have to do is cut the glass window of the jewelry store and take the three big stones on display. 20-seconds. In and out. But, one look at Tony's ravaged face should've told them that only a big score — the safe inside — would interest him. After five years spent in prison, Tony has lost his health, his money and his woman and he now exists in a dingy room. So the three call Cesar (Perlo Vita), an expert box-man living in Milan, dispatching him to Paris for an ingenius, daring nocturnal heist. Silently, the four perform the job with flawless precision. It's only during the caper's aftermath that they realise how basic human weakness can lead to destruction. Incidentally, "rififi" means "trouble." "The granddaddy of all caper/heist movies." — Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide "A flat-out perfect piece of cinema." — Jamie Hook, The Stranger "Mr. Dassin has got the tender beauty of Paris at dawn, when there is no one stirring but milkmen, street cleaners, gendarmes—and thieves." — Bosley Crowther, The New York Times " The pinnacle of heist movies, RIFIFI is not only one of the best French noirs, but one of the top movies in the genre." — Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide Showtime Location Admission Monday, March 15 7 pm STUDIO ON 4TH 432 East 4th Street $6 General $4 GBFS Members

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