Heist of the Century

The Heist of the Century 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 robbery 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.