Heroic Losers

Heroic Losers
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa odisea de los giles
Directed bySebastián Borensztein
Written by
Based onLa noche de la Usina
by Eduardo Sacheri
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRodrigo Pulpeiro
Edited byAlejandro Carrillo Penovi
Music byFederico Jusid
Production
companies
  • Kramer & Sigman Films
  • Kenya Films
  • MOD Producciones
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) (Argentina)
Running time
116 minutes
Countries
  • Argentina
  • Spain
LanguageSpanish
Box office$7.365 million[1]

Heroic Losers (Spanish: La odisea de los giles) is a 2019 Argentine heist film co-written and directed by Sebastián Borensztein, based on the novel La noche de la Usina (The Night of the Heroic Losers) by Eduardo Sacheri, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It features an ensemble cast including Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Chino Darín, Verónica Llinás, Daniel Aráoz, Carlos Belloso, Marco Caponi, Rita Cortese, and Andrés Parra.

Heroic Losers was released in Argentina on 15 August 2019, and it held its international premiere as part of the Special Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film received praise for its performances, and critics compared it to How to Steal a Million (1966) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2]

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