The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of their outrageous act.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
155 audience votes
Key crew
- Manuel AlcaláWriter
- Alonso RuizpalaciosWriter
- Alonso RuizpalaciosDirector
- Tomás BarreiroOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gael García BernalJuan Núñez
- Leonardo OrtizgrisBenjamín Wilson
- Alfredo CastroDr. Núñez
- Bernardo VelascoBosco Huerta
- Leticia BrédiceSherezada Ríos
- Ilse SalasSilvia Núñez
- Lisa OwenMrs. Núñez
- Simon Russell BealeFrank Graves
- Gabriel NuncioIgor Núñez
- Maite Suárez DiezJimena
- Jacobo ZabludovskySelf (archive footage)
- Lynn GilmartinGemma (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
maya civilizationmuseumbased on true storyfamily relationshipsheistanthropologyart dealerroad moviechristmasacapulco, mexico1980smesoamerican art