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The World is Ours

The World is Ours

20126.21h 26m

Overview

El Culebra and El Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take off all the loot quickly and catch the first flight to Brazil. But things get complicated when a man on his fifties, victim of the economic crisis goes into the bank loaded with explosives, threatening suicide. What would be the easiest shot in history, becomes a nightmare carnival.

Directed by Alfonso Sánchez
Written by Alfonso Sánchez
Produced by Alfonso Sánchez
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Top Cast

Alfonso Sánchez

Alfonso Sánchez

El cabesa

Alberto López

Alberto López

El culebra

Antonio Dechent

Antonio Dechent

Government delegate

M

María Cabrera

Sabina

E

Estrella Corrientes

Marta

S

Sergio Domínguez

Subinspector Velasco

P

Pepa Díaz Meco

Pepa

A

Antonia Gómez

Macarena

J

Joserra Leza

Don Manuel

O

Olga Martínez

Natalia

Themes & Keywords

spainbank robberyhostage situationbotched robberysocial issuessystemic corruption

About The World is Ours

The World is Ours is a comedy film released in 2012 exploring themes of spain, bank robbery, hostage situation, botched robbery, social issues, systemic corruption. Directed by Alfonso Sánchez, it stars Alfonso Sánchez, Alberto López, Antonio Dechent. El Culebra and El Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take off all the loot quickly and catch the first flight to Brazil. But things get complicated when a man on his fifties, victim of the economic crisis goes into the bank loaded with explosives, threatening suicide. What would be the easiest shot in history, becomes a nightmare carnival.

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