The Biggest Robbery Never Told

2002 Spanish film

The Biggest Robbery Never Told

El robo más grande jamás contado
Directed by| Daniel Monzón
Screenplay by| Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Daniel Monzón
Produced by| Andrés Vicente Gómez
Marco Gómez (associate producer)
Yousaf Bokari (line producer)
Starring| Antonio Resines
Manuel Manquiña
Javier Aller
Jimmy Barnatán
Neus Asensi
Sancho Gracia
Cinematography| Carles Gusi
Edited by| Iván Aledo
Music by| Roque Baños

Production
company

Antena 3 Televisión

Distributed by| Lolafilms

Release dates

* October 31, 2002 (2002-10-31) (Madrid, Spain)

Running time

| 114 minutes
Country| Spain
Language| Spanish

The Biggest Robbery Never Told (Spanish: El robo más grande jamás contado) is a 2002 Spanish comedy film directed by Daniel Monzón and written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría.[1]

In 2003 the film was nominated for a Goya Award for the Best Special Effects.[1][2]

## Plot

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Lucas Santos, alias The Saint (Antonio Resines), is fed up with going in and out of prison. He doesn't want to go on being a small-time thief all his life. Lucía (Neus Asensi), his wife, is a singer and dancer by profession. One day, The Saint decides to plan the robbery of one of the most representative works of modern art: Pablo Picasso's Guernica from the Reina Sofía Museum.[3][4]

To achieve his purpose will be aided by another three convicts: Zorba (Manuel Manquiña) a failed artist, Jacobo Yuste (Jimmy Barnatán) a hacker known as "Windows", and Pinito (Javier Aller), a dwarf burglar able to hide in a suitcase despite his claustrophobia.[3][4][5]

## Cast

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* Antonio Resines: Lucas Santos Santos "El Santo" (The Saint)
* Neus Asensi: Lucía de Liñán "Lucy"
* Javier Aller: Pinito
* Manuel Manquiña: Zorba "El Greco"
* Jimmy Barnatán: Jacobo Yuste "Windows"
* Rosario Pardo: Windows's mother
* Sancho Gracia: Fernando Baeza "Garganta Profunda" (Deep Throat)
* Javivi: Barajas Airport worker
* Enrique Villén: Vicente
* Coté Soler: Fernando
* Jordi Vilches: Windows's Friend

## References

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1. ^ a b La consagración de un director en la sombra Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, (in Spanish) el correo.com.
2. ^ Premios Goya 2003: las películas, (in Spanish) fotogramas.es.
3. ^ a b El robo más grande jamás contado - Psinopsis (in Spanish), filmaffinity.es.
4. ^ a b THE BIGGEST ROBBERY NEVER TOLD by Daniel Monzón, Europa.org.
5. ^ Review: ‘The Biggest Robbery Never Told’, variety.com.

## External links

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* The Biggest Robbery Never Told at IMDb