The Heist of the Century (film)

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.{{Cite web|date=February 12, 2010|title=The Robbery of the Río de Acassuso Bank, A Movie Story|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/el-robo-al-banco-rio-de-acasuso-una-historia-de-pelicula-nid1232455|access-date=Aug 19, 2019|website=The Nation|language=es}} They took 23 hostages and took $15 million from 147 safes.{{Cite news|last=Palacios|first=Rodolfo|date=January 14, 2019|title=The Argentine Heist of the Century that Anticipated 'The Paper House'|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/01/13/argentina/1547398987_847145.html|access-date=August 20, 2019}}

• Diego Peretti as Fernando Araujo, mastermind and executor of the heist.
• Guillermo Francella as Mario Vitette Sellanes, "the man in the gray suit."{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2019|title=Heist of the century: Francella, Peretti and Ferro, the Movie Thieves|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/el-robo-del-siglo-guillermo-francella-diego-nid2242354|access-date=August 20, 2019|website=The Nation}}
• Pablo Rago as Sebastián as "the Martian."{{Cite web|last=Cano|first=Eugenia|title=Ariel Winograd Culminated in Mendoza the Filming of the movie 'Heist of the century'|url=http://www.sitioandino.com.ar/n/295655-ariel-winograd-culmino-en-mendoza-el-rodaje-de-la-pelicula-el-robo-del-siglo/|website=Andean Site}}
• 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.{{Cite web|last=Leclercq|first=Giselle|date=May 11, 2019|title=Vitette Sellanes and Valor, to the Cinema: Movie Thieves|url=https://noticias.perfil.com/2019/05/11/vitette-sellanes-y-valor-al-cine-ladrones-de-pelicula/|access-date=August 20, 2019|website=Profile News}}
• 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.

The filming began on April 15, 2019 in Buenos Aires{{Cite web|last=Guillén|first=Marco|date=April 24, 2019|title=Heist of the Century: Filming of Ariel Winograd-Directed Movie Begins|url=https://cuatrobastardos.com/2019/04/24/el-robo-del-siglo-comenzo-el-rodaje-de-la-pelicula-dirigida-por-ariel-winograd/|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=Four Bastards}} and ended on June 4 of the same year in Potrerillos, Mendoza,{{Cite web|title=Heist of the Century Ended Its Filming in Potrerillos|url=https://www.mdzol.com/sociales/el-robo-del-siglo-termino-su-rodaje-en-potrerillos-20190605-30985.html|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=MdzOnline}} 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,{{Cite web|last=Palacios|first=Rodolfo|date=April 19, 2018|title=Leader of the Heist of the Century gang Is Considering Prosecuting the Authors of 'Paper House' for Plagiarism|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2018/04/19/el-lider-de-la-banda-del-robo-del-siglo-analiza-hacerle-juicio-por-plagio-a-los-autores-de-la-casa-de-papel/|access-date=August 20, 2019|website=Infobae}} who had a paint shop ten blocks from the bank. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.{{Cite web|title=Ariel Winograd And Damián Szifron Preparing Their Next Feature Films|url=https://www.latamcinema.com/ariel-winograd-y-damian-szifron-preparan-sus-proximos-largometrajes/|access-date=August 20, 2019|website=LatAm Cinema}}

The Heist of the Century premiered in Argentina on 16 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/vitette-el-robo-del-siglo-sera-una-gran-pelicula-pero-lejos-de-la-realidad--202011614430|title=Vitette: El robo del siglo "será una gran película per lejos de la realidad"|trans-title=Vitette: The robbery of the century "will be a great movie but far from reality"|language=es|work=El Observador|date=16 January 2020|access-date=29 August 2020}} It also showed at the Málaga Film Festival in March 2020.{{Cite web|title=Festivals: Argentine Films at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival|url=http://www.escribiendocine.com/noticia/0016891-festivales-peliculas-argentinas-en-el-festival-de-cine-en-espanol-de-malaga/|access-date=June 12, 2022|website=Writing Cinema|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809172811/https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticia/0016891-festivales-peliculas-argentinas-en-el-festival-de-cine-en-espanol-de-malaga/|archive-date=August 9, 2020}}

The film received positive reviews from the specialized press.

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|83|6.7|6}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Heist of the century - TLC|url=https://www.todaslascriticas.com.ar/pelicula/el-robo-del-siglo|access-date=January 16, 2020|website=TLC}}

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.{{Cite web|title=More than 370 Theaters for the 'Heist of the Century'|url=https://www.cinesargentinos.com.ar/noticia/6214-mas-de-370-salas-para-el-robo-del-siglo/|access-date=January 19, 2020|website=Argentine Cinemas}}{{Cite web|title=Argentina: Great Debut of the 'Heist of the century'|url=https://web.ultracine.com/argentina-gran-debut-de-el-robo-del-siglo/|access-date=January 17, 2020|website=Ultracine}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Nearly 100,000 people Watched the Heist of the Century on Day One|url=https://www.cinesargentinos.com.ar/noticia/6215-casi-100-000-personas-vieron-el-el-robo-del-siglo-el-primer-dia/|access-date=January 17, 2020|website=Argentine Cinemas}} 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).{{Cite web|title=Numbers of Argentine Cinema|url=https://premiososcarlatinos.wordpress.com/numeros-del-cine-argentino/|access-date=January 21, 2020|website=Latin Oscar Awards}} At the end of its first full week on the billboard, the total reached 634,000.{{Cite web|title=Argentina: 'Heist of the century' Spends A Great Week at the Box Office|url=https://web.ultracine.com/argentina-el-robo-del-siglo-pasa-una-gran-semana-en-la-taquilla/|access-date=February 7, 2020|website=Ultracine}}

The film was seen by two million viewers.{{Cite web|title=Argentine Box Office: 2020|url=https://premiososcarlatinos.wordpress.com/taquilla-argentina/2020-2/|access-date=February 7, 2020|website=Latin Oscar Awards}}

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