Stealing

Last night I saw "Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón" ("Thief Who Robs Thief" in English, though I imagine the English title wouldn't be directly translated). As you might guess from the repetition of "ladrón" in the title, thievery plays a big role in the movie. Indeed, it works on many levels. Most obviously, theft is a key portion of the plot: the heroes, a ragtag bunch of Latino immigrants in California, make off with the fortune of an unscrupulous Argentine billionaire. Second, with his million-pieces-moving-at-once script, screenwriter JoJo Henrickson blatantly ripped off Ocean's 11. And last, the local branch of Cinepolis should be prosecuted for robbing me of the 96 pesos I paid for two tickets.