Fernando Araujo, a plastic artist and martial arts instructor, explains the heist not as a criminal act, but as a conceptual art piece. He spent years planning the "perfect crime" to prove it could be done without violence.
Los Ladrones is more than a recap of a robbery; it is a study of ego, creativity, and the social climate of Argentina in the mid-2000s. It provides a definitive companion piece to the 2020 dramatized film El Robo del Siglo , proving that in this case, the truth is just as cinematic as fiction. Los Ladrones: la verdadera historia del robo de...
The documentary uses high-quality reenactments where the actual thieves often "direct" or participate in the staging, blurring the lines between reality and cinematic ego. Fernando Araujo, a plastic artist and martial arts
The heist was a "success" until it wasn’t. The documentary explores how the group was eventually caught not through forensic evidence, but because of a personal betrayal. Alicia Di Tullio, the wife of Rubén de la Torre, turned them in after discovering her husband planned to flee to Paraguay with a younger woman and his share of the loot. It provides a definitive companion piece to the
The film is praised for its and the charismatic, almost grandfatherly nature of the thieves. It touches on several deep-seated Argentine themes: