Netflix will premiere The Thieves: The True Story of the Heist of the Century

Netflix has announced the premiere of its new documentary film The thieves: the true story of the heist of the centuryWhat will be available worldwide from 10 August.

The thieves: the true story of the heist of the century is a production of Anima Films, Marvista Entertainment and AZ Films, with Sebastián Gamba as producer and director of Matías Gueilburtwho have already collaborated in the realization of Vilas: You will be what you should be or you will be nothing.

16 years after the most famous bank robbery in Argentina (Banco Río de Acasusso), in which a group of men stole millions of pesos and evaporated, this new Netflix documentary made in Argentina presents, with a comprehensive work that includes testimonies and scenes recreated by its protagoniststhe true story told by the thieves themselves.

He also has testimonies from the guards, police and hostages involved that day.

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These are some of the statements that will be seen in this documentary film: “The use of weapons did not go with my style of what I was trying to find: art theft. We created the Donatello Plan, not by the artist, but by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were in the sewers, doing martial arts and they were green like cannabis, “said Fernando Araujo, the thief known as” the artist “.

“Theft becomes a vice. It was like covering a void ”, was one of the testimonies of Rubén ‘Beto’ de la Torre, whose nickname was“ the criminal ”.

“They ask me, did you steal? No, I worked, I took it as a job”Was the statement for the documentary by Sebastián García Bolster, also known as“ the engineer ”.

“One of the fundamental things that thieves have, is that’s why they fall prisoner, it’s the ego“. This was the conclusion of Miguel Sileo, the negotiator present at the robbery.

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The thieves: the true story of the heist of the century joins the Argentine documentary catalog available on Netflix as Carmel: Who killed María Marta ?; Nisman: The prosecutor, the president and the spy; Vilas: You will be what you should be or you will be nothing; Fangio, the man who tamed the machinesand it’sThe photographer and the postman: the crime of Cabezas.

The Thieves: the true story of the robbery of the centurythe documentary film directed by Matías Gueilburt and produced by Sebastián Gamba and Julian Rousso, the team behind Vilas: You will be what you should be or you will be nothing Y The days of Ayotzinapareveals through exclusive interviews how the most famous bank robbery in Argentina took place.

In 2006 a group of men joined the Banco Río de Acasusotook 23 hostages, stole millions of dollars and jewels from safes, and then evaporated.

after the escape, the ex-wife of one of the thieves denounced the perpetrators, who were tried and sentenced to prison terms. Finally, the penalties have been reduced and today they are free.

How did the protagonists of this fact get away with it? In this revealing documentary, the makers of the act recount all the details of how the perfect hit was produced.

The documentary lasts 109 minutes and the interviewees understand everything from thieves to policemen and witnesses who intervened in the case: Fernando Araujo, Luis Mario Vitette Sellanes, Rubén de la Torre, Sebastián García Bolster, Leandro Dall’acqua, Walter Serrano, Miguel Sileo , Gastón Garbus, Daniel Salcedo and Estela Maris Casal.

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