The Heist of the Century (Spanish: El robo del siglo) is a 2020 Argentine comedy thriller film and is directed by Ariel Winograd.

[2] The film stars Diego Peretti, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Luis Luque, Rafael Ferro, and Mariano Argento.

The film is based on a true story, the Bank Rio Heist of the Banco Río branch in the Buenos Aires town of Acassuso on January 13, 2006, which was held up by a gang of six robbers armed with replica weapons.

[4] The filming began on April 15, 2019 in Buenos Aires[8] and ended on June 4 of the same year in Potrerillos, Mendoza,[9] approximately seven and a half months before its final release, on January 16, 2020.

The script was written by producer Alex Zito and the author of the robbery, Fernando Araujo,[6][10] who had a paint shop ten blocks from the bank.