Assalto ao Banco Central (Central Bank Burglary) is a 2011 Brazilian film directed and produced by Marcos Paulo Simões, starring Milhem Cortaz

Milhem Cortaz

Milhem Cortaz is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and television.Cortaz' first role came on the 2000 film Mater Dei, written by Diogo Mainardi, where he portrayed a security guard. On 2002, he premiered on the television with a minor character on Rede Globo's unsuccessful telenovela Desejos de...

, Hermilia Guedes, Eriberto leão and Lima Duarte

Lima Duarte

Lima Duarte is a Brazilian actor. He has played a number of characters in Brazilian soap operas, such as Zeca Diabo in "O Bem Amado" and Sinhozinho Malta in "Roque Santeiro"...

. It is based on the 2005 Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza

Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza

The Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza was the theft of about R$ 160 million from the vault of the Banco Central branch located in Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará, Brazil...

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According to Fox Filmes Brasil

20th Century Fox

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, which distributed the film in Brazil, Assalto ao Banco Central had a successful premiere, with more than 325,000 spectators during its first weekend.

Receptions to the film have so far been negative. Mauricio Stycer, from UOL Cinema

Universo Online

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, disliked what he called "a rare action movie without action".