NOTES FOR A HEIST FILM
Special Features: Q&A with filmmaker Elías León Siminiani on Sept 15
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U.S. Premiere
Elías León Siminiani’s (MAPA) latest film follows a documentary filmmaker who has always fantasized about making a heist film. After a thwarted Madrid bank robbery in 2013 leads to the arrest of notorious gang leader Flako, "Robin Hood of Vallecas," he decides to contact the jailed bandit. Much to his surprise, he receives a reply and embarks on a friendship with the infamous heist-master. Blending video diary with animated sequences and archival footage, Siminiani crafts a stranger-than-fiction homage to the heist film. Official Selection, 2018 San Sebastián International Film Festival; 2019 Guadalajara and BAFICI film festivals. DIR/SCR Elías León Siminiani; PROD Stefan Schmitz, María Zamora. Spain, 2018, color, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, September 15, 2019
Genre: Documentary
