The Luck of Ginger Coffey (film)

The Luck of Ginger Coffey is a 1964 film directed by Irvin Kershner. It was filmed in Montreal by Crawley Films. It is based on the Governor Generals Award winning novel by Northern IrishCanadian writer Brian Moore.

However broke and emptyhearted they may be, they do have one friend to count on in Canada Joe McGlade, who helps Coffey get a job working as a proofreader at the newspaper where McGlade is employed as a sports reporter. Coffey is unimpressed once again and continues to tell Vera it will all get better, but she has her own plans for improving her life. She leaves Coffey for McGlade and takes Paulie with her. She also takes all of Coffeys money and most of his belongings. Coffey gets a small place at the YMCA, and during his stay there he accepts a job previously offered and refused as a diaper delivery driver.Coffey finds this job even more repulsive than his current one but takes it anyway, with a plan in mind To get back Paulie and impress Vera with his selflessness. Vera is still unconvinced, but Paulie turns to her fathers side and they get a flat of their own. Coffey is obsessed with Vera and begins to get sick from lack of sleep and food and an excessive work schedule. He is also obsessed with being promoted to reporter so that Vera will take him back, but unfortunately she only brings up the topic of divorce. ........

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