A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Acting
Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong's devastating chemistry
Direction
Caranfil's bitterly ironic tone control
Writing
Meta-narrative that weaponizes communist propaganda
Director
Nae Caranfil
Vera Farmiga
Alice Bercovich
Mark Strong
Max Rosenthal
Harry Lloyd
Virgil
Anton Lesser
Holban
Joe Armstrong
Răzvan Orodel
Christian McKay
Iorgu Ristea
Tim Plester
Dumitru 'Dumi' Dorneanu
Monica Bîrlădeanu
Sonia Rosenthal
Allan Corduner
Flaviu
Martin McDougall
Prison Commander
John Henshaw
Judge
Darrell D'Silva
Minister
David de Keyser
Moritz
Frances Cuka
Sarah
Marcin Walewski
Mirel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1959 Bank of Romania heist by Jewish former resistance fighters, who were forced to reenact their crime as an educational film before execution — a truth so absurd Caranfil had to tone it down.
The title refers to both the heist's code name and the unreachable promise of communist utopia — the robbers literally steal from a system that already stole everything from them.
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