Chile Caper
The Dancer and the Thief, Antonio Skarmeta, 2008
Santiago 
Valparaiso 
A tale of current day capitalist Chile. Two prisoners have just been released from prison under a general amnesty. One is a master safe cracker determined to go straight and other is a young farm boy, now 20, arrested for stealing his boss’s favorite horse. The young man meets a 17 year old school girl who is studying ballet and dreams of performing at the Municipal Theater of Santiago. All three are down on their luck but a dwarf in the prison has given the young man the plans for the perfect heist – stealing the money and jewels from a former torturer under Pinochet who is now Santiago’s biggest gangster, shaking down local businessmen.
Three unforgettable, sad, charming, hopeful characters.