EL ROBO MAS GRANDE JAMAS CONTADO [THE GREATEST ROBBERY EVER]

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Country Spain Running Time 115 mins Format 35mm Director Daniel Monzon Prod Andres Vicente Gomez DoP Carles Gusi Cast Antonio Resinas, Manuel Manquina, Javier Aller, Jaime Barnatan, Neus Asensi Print Source Lola Films E mfuentes@lolafilms.com

Imagine a cross between Small Time Crooks and Welcome to Collinwood told with a Spanish sense of humour. This is simply the biggest robbery never told. Epic in proportions and ideas the mastermind of the plan is Santo (Antonio Resinas) who is newly released from prison when he comes up with an idea of stealing the motherland's most famous and biggest painting 'el Guernica'. He must convince Zorba the Greek (Manuel Manquina) the forger to recreate a copy of the painting so that they can switch it in the museum with a little help from the other gang members. Their names will get into the papers after this daring robbery; their places in the history books are already reserved. The rest of the gang is comprised of Pinito (Javier Allen), the action man, Windows (Jaime Beatan), the computer geek and Lucia (Neus Asensi) the femme fatale, who is also Santo's wife. The movie is hilarious throughout, but when our hapless gang actually end up in the museum the gags are multiplied, and the special effects are just spot on. Look out for the spoofs of great and famous failed robberies. AK

Daniel Monzon started his career working for many years as a critic for various prestigious Spanish film magazines. His debut as a director was in 2000 with El Corazon Del Guerrero. This is his second feature.

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