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LUCIO
There are plenty of anarchists in
the world. Many have committed
robbery or smuggling for their
cause. Fewer have discussed
strategies with Che Guevara or
saved the skin of Eldridge Cleaver
- the leader of the Black Panthers.
There is only one who has done all
that, and also brought to its knees
the most powerful bank on the
planet by forging travellers cheques,
without missing a single day of
work in his construction job.
He is Lucio Urtubia, from a tiny
village in Navarra in North of Spain.
Lucio has been protagonist and
witness to many of the historic
events of the second half of the
20th century. His family was
persecuted by Franco's regime, he
was on the streets of Paris for the
phenomenon of May of '68, he actively
supported Castro's revolution, he
helped thousands of exiled people by
providing false documents to them…
But without a doubt, his greatest
triumph came in the second half of
the seventies. The press called him
"the good bandit", or the "Basque
Zorro". He managed to swindle 25
million dollars from the First National
Bank (now Citibank), to later invest
the money in causes he believed in.
Miraculously, he spent no more than
a few months in jail throughout his
"career".
A well-deserved nomination for
Goya Best Documentary for Directors
Aitor Arregui and Jose Mari Goenaga
(whose short films 3B and Sintonia,
and feature Supertramps have
previously screened in the Spanish
Film Festival).
Spain, Documentary, 93 minutes. 2007. (18+)
Director: Aitor Arregui and Jose Mari Goenaga.
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