Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while awaiting the return of her husband, works as a stripper at a nightclub. Finally, Lucas gathers a band of petty thieves and decides to steal, from the National Museum of Art Reina Sofía, its most valuable painting: Picasso's Guernica.
Acting
Antonio Resines commits fully to this delusional disaster man
Writing
Monzón's script loves its loser protagonists too much to judge them
Director
Daniel Monzón
Antonio Resines
Lucas Santos Santos "El Santo"
Neus Asensi
Lucía 'Lucy Liñán'
Manuel Manquiña
Zorba "El Greco"
Javier Aller
Pinito
Jimmy Barnatán
Jacobo Yuste "Windows"
Rosario Pardo
Madre de Windows
Sancho Gracia
Fernando Baeza "Garganta Profunda"
Enrique Villén
Vicente
José Soler
Fernando
Fernando Bilbao
Mazinger
Aitor Mazo
Agente 1
Gorka Aguinagalde
Agente 2
Javivi
Operario Aeropuerto 1
Janfri Topera
Operario Aeropuerto 2
Alfred Picó
Operario Aeropuerto 3
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Guernica was already in Madrid's Reina Sofía in 2002 — the film cheekily uses the actual location, making Lucas's plan geographically accurate and legally impossible.
This bombed with critics but became a cult favorite in Spain, partly because Resines had played so many lovable losers that audiences couldn't stop rooting for him.
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