The Heist of the Century

The Heist of the Century (El robo del siglo, 2020) is Ariel Winograd's Argentine crime film, ready to watch online on iFILM. In a wealthy Buenos Aires suburb, a crew walks into a bank branch like it's an ordinary stick-up — hostages, a police cordon, a negotiator on the phone. The takeover is only cover for the real plan.

While hundreds of officers tighten the ring around the building, the thieves calmly drill open the safe-deposit boxes and prepare an exit nobody sees coming. The script is drawn from the audacious raid on the Río bank in the Acassuso district, after which the whole country wondered how they pulled it off. Guillermo Francella and Diego Peretti play the two masterminds with such relish that you end up rooting for the crooks. Dry wit, tight pacing, and an ending best discovered on your own. Stream The Heist of the Century (2020) online on iFILM.