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The Great Heist

2020 · 1 season

A taut, sweaty caper that keeps you leaning in as ordinary men try to outsmart a whole system.

Created by: Pablo González, C.S. Prince
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Andrés Parra, Christian Tappan, Waldo Urrego

Overview: Based on the 1994 robbery of US$33 million from Colombia's central bank, which turned the country upside down.

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Created by: Pablo González, C.S. Prince
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Andrés Parra, Christian Tappan, Waldo Urrego

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: heist
crime
greed
corruption
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: crime, drama
Created by: Pablo González, C.S. Prince
Written by: Pablo González, C.S. Prince, Nicolás Serrano, Natalia Santa
Starring: Andrés Parra, Christian Tappan, Waldo Urrego, Marcela Benjumea, Juan Pablo Barragán, Édgar Vittorino, Kami Zea, Paula Castaño
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 48 min each
Network: Netflix
Languages: Spanish

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