Wednesday 25 August 2021
10am, 2pm, 5pm, 7.30pm
Directed by Sebastián Borensztein
Comedy
Argentina
Spanish, subtitles
116 mins
The year is 2001, and Argentina is hitting the lowest point in its great depression. His glory days far behind him, retired soccer star Fermín (Darín senior) now runs a service station in a sleepy provincial town. Hoping to pull his family and their community out of decline, Fermín convinces friends and neighbours to invest with him to create a storage business, only for the fledgling co-operative to be railroaded by a conniving bank manager and a corrupt lawyer. Their money is placed into a savings account just as the banks are about to be frozen by the government, quashing their plans. They lose everything.
For a time things seem only to get worse, until rumours spread of a secret depository containing the co-op’s pilfered cash and much, much more. With Fermín as their Robin Hood–esque leader, the group conspires to infiltrate the cache…
Succeeds triumphantly as a thoroughly enjoyable romp. Well-written and consummately acted. – David Stratton, The Weekend Australian
A crowd-pleasing heist comedy. – Variety
Funny, ingeniously plotted and with plenty of charm and energy. An impressive crime caper with a social conscience offering an ‘eff-you’ to the establishment. – Lynden Barber, Limelight Magazine