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The Heist of the Century (2020)

The Heist of the Century (2020), directed by Ariel Winograd, starring Guillermo Francella and Diego Peretti.

16 01/16/2020 BR Comedy, Crime and Thriller 1h 54m

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The Story Of The Theft That Made History

Synopsis

In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

  • Félix MontiCinematography
  • Ariel WinogradDirector
  • Pablo Barbieri CarreraEditing
  • Alex ZitoProducer, Writer

About the film

The Heist of the Century (Spanish: El robo del siglo) is a 2020 Argentine comedy thriller film and is directed by Ariel Winograd. The film stars Diego Peretti, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Luis Luque, Rafael Ferro, and Mariano Argento.

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The Heist of the Century (Spanish: El robo del siglo) is a 2020 Argentine comedy thriller film and is directed by Ariel Winograd. The film stars Diego Peretti, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Luis Luque, Rafael Ferro, and Mariano Argento.

Plot

The film is based on a true story, the Bank Río Heist of the Banco Río branch in the Buenos Aires town of Acassuso on January 13, 2006, which was held up by a gang of six robbers armed with replica weapons. They took 23 hostages and took $15 million from 147 safes.

Cast

Diego Peretti as Fernando Araujo, mastermind and executor of the heist.

Guillermo Francella as Mario Vitette Sellanes, "the man in the gray suit."

Pablo Rago as Sebastián as "the Martian."

Luis Luque as Miguel Sileo, a police negotiator.

Juan Alari as "the Paisa", driver of the truck.

Rafael Ferro as Alberto "Beto" de la Torre, in charge of taking hostages.

Magela Zanotta as "the Turk," De la Torre's wife.

Johanna Francella as Lucía Vitette Sellanes.

Mariano Argento as "the Doc" Debauza.

Mario Moscoso and Darío Levy as police officers.

Fabián Arenillas as the head of the Hawk Group.

Mario Alarcón as the prosecutor.

Enrique Dumont as the psychoanalyst.

Sebastián Mogordoy as the security guard.

Mariela Pizzo as Claudia, wife of "the Martian"

Luz Palazón as the bank employee.

María Marull as the lawyer.

Paula Grinszpan as the cleaning worker.

Pochi Ducasse and Juan Tupac Soler as hostages.

Production

The filming began on April 15, 2019, in Buenos Aires and ended on June 4 of the same year in Potrerillos, Mendoza, approximately seven and a half months before its final release, on January 16, 2020. The script was written by producer Alex Zito and the author of the robbery, Fernando Araujo, who had a paint shop ten blocks from the bank. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Release

The Heist of the Century premiered in Argentina on 16 January 2020. It also showed at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2020.

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from the specialized press.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10.

According to the website Todas las críticas, a portal that collects and averages among various professional reviews, the film has a rating of 77/100, based on 34 reviews.

Box office

The film, distributed by Warner Bros., was released in 376 theaters, which involved a nationwide release. Given the interest during its premiere and previews, it ended up expanding its premiere to 392 theaters. With an estimate of 96,420 tickets sold on Thursday, January 17, 2020, according to the website, Ultracine, Heist of the Century thus became the second most viewed Argentine film in history on its opening day, only behind what was achieved by the animated film Underdogs, with 113,000 entries. After its first weekend on the billboard, the film also managed to be in fifth place in history in terms of tickets sold by a native production with 417,000 tickets cut off, only surpassed by The Clan (504,000), Wild Tales (450,000) and Underdogs (425,000). At the end of its first full week on the billboard, the total reached 634,000.

The film was seen by two million viewers.

References

External links

The Heist of the Century at IMDb

The Heist of the Century on FilmAffinity

The Heist of the Century on Rotten Tomatoes

Text from The Heist of the Century (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heist_of_the_Century_(film)

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What is The Heist of the Century about?

The Heist of the Century: In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

Who directed The Heist of the Century?

The Heist of the Century was directed by Ariel Winograd in 2020.

Who stars in The Heist of the Century?

The cast of The Heist of the Century includes Guillermo Francella, Diego Peretti, Luis Luque, Pablo Rago and Rafael Ferro.

How long is The Heist of the Century?

The Heist of the Century runs for 114 minutes, or 1h54.

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