10.1.16

the boy who stole a million (1960)

"Stop him!"
12-year-old Paco (Maurice Reyna) works in a Spanish bank, and takes out an unofficial short-term 'loan' so his father can pay a repair bill on his taxi, and earn the money back. But before he can give his father the money, the bank realises it has been robbed and from then on Paco are on the run, not only from the police, but also crooks who want what Paco has.
Simple comedy / drama rises to another level just by setting it in Valencia, and introducing us its poverty and seedy underbelly.

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