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{{Infobox film
| name           = 100 años de perdón : Little thieves, big thieves
| image          = 100añosdeperdón.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = Alejandro Saderman
| producer       = Ezequiel Burguillos<br/>Maye Larotonda
| writer         = Carlos González<br/>Henry Herrera
| narrator       =
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Orlando Urdaneta]]|[[Daniel Lugo (actor)|Daniel Lugo]]|Aroldo Betancourt}}
| music          = Julio d'Escriván
| cinematography = [[Hernán Toro]]
| editing        = Giuliano Ferrioli
| distributor    = Alejandro Saderman Producciones
| released       = {{Film date|1998|9|17|[[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2002|3|21|[[Germany]]}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = Venezuela
| language       = Spanish
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Little Thieves, Big Thieves''''' ({{langx|es|100 años de perdón}}) is a [[1998 in film|1998]] [[Venezuela]]n [[gangster]] [[comedy film]] directed by Alejandro Saderman. The film premiered at the [[1998 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web |title=Days and Nights in the Forest of Film |url=https://nitrateonline.com/ftiff98-3.html |website=nitrateonline.com |access-date=21 July 2023 |date=1998-09-25}}</ref> and went on to screen at the 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name="IndieWire">{{cite news |title=1999 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Lineup |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/1999-sundance-film-festival-world-cinema-lineup-82467/ |access-date=21 July 2023 |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=1998-12-03}}</ref>
==Plot==
On Christmas Eve amidst a nationwide financial scandal, adman Horacio hatches a plan to rob the Pan-American Bank with his old childhood buddies Valmore, Rogelio, and Vicente, who are all in dire straits money-wise.
The men pose as officials and arrive at the bank just after the new year, only to discover the bank’s president has already transferred the bail-out money to offshore accounts, and that suspect accountant Pujol has gotten there ahead of them.
The gang mistakes a visiting commercial shoot for TV news cameras, prompting the police to surround the building and leading to a standoff.
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Orlando Urdaneta]] as Horacio
*[[Daniel Lugo (actor)|Daniel Lugo]] as Valmore
*Aroldo Betancourt as Rogelio
*Mariano Álvarez as Vicente
*[[Elluz Peraza]] as Lucía Carvajal
*[[Flavio Caballero]] as Juan Carlos
*[[Alicia Plaza]] as Rita
*Armando Gota as Pujol
*Aponte as Presidente del Banco
*Basilio Álvarez as Chofer de Taxi
}}
==Critical reception==
Eddie Cockrell of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Well-written, often humorous pic knows it strolls close to American action genres and runs with that, riffing on themes from '[[Ocean's 11|Ocean's Eleven]],' '[[Die Hard]],' '[[Mad City (film)|Mad City]]' and others. There’s even specific mention of '[[Dog Day Afternoon]],' including an updated spin on one of that film’s key subplots. Ancillary characters are well drawn, and each has a chance for a moment in the spotlight when the standoff takes on a party atmosphere (“The best kidnapping of my life,” claims one)."<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine |last1=Cockrell |first1=Eddie |title=Little Thieves, Big Thieves |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/little-thieves-big-thieves-1200455703/ |access-date=21 July 2023 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=1998-10-05}}</ref>
Comparatively, Ted Shen of the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' wrote, "Saderman alternates hapless burglar comedy (''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'') with tense hostage drama (''Dog Day Afternoon'') but fails to find the right balance: after a while the bumbling exploits of his Robin Hoods and the cute send-ups of media feeding frenzy dull the film’s social criticism."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shen |first1=Ted |title=Little Thieves, Big Thieves |url=https://chicagoreader.com/film/little-thieves-big-thieves/ |access-date=21 July 2023 |work=[[Chicago Reader]]}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0168960|100 años de perdón : Little thieves, big thieves}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|100-anos-de-perdon|Little Thieves, Big Thieves}}
[[Category:Venezuelan comedy films]]
[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1998 black comedy films]]
[[Category:1990s crime comedy films]]
[[Category:1990s heist films]]
[[Category:1990s political satire films]]
[[Category:Films about hostage takings]]
[[Category:Films about bank robbery]]
[[Category:1990s Spanish-language films]]
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