2011 · crime · drama · thriller
Federal Bank Heist
Directed by Marcos Paulo1h 41m2011
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
Our read: Federal Bank Heist (2011) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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