this be an outstanding criminal thriller and and with a great cast too . spanish language cinema best and most popular actor of the past couple of decade and victoria abril and federico luppi and team up in one of the good spanish language crime thriller of 2004 5. the film begin by focus on thirty something ernesto ( ernesto alterio ) and an elegant and attractive and slick thief who learn from childhood friend gitano and and more recently from manco and an old seasoned swindler . manco introduces ernesto to federico ( federico luppi ) and an also elegant and but more astute and experienced methodical thief the best in his class . federico only known weakness be pilar ( victoria abril ) and his former mistress and partner . she suddenly appear and propose a fabulous rip off scheme to her former lover and a crime in grand scale and which will eventually require the help of ernesto and manco and gitano and among others . the script be full of twist and surprising reversal and particularly towards the end of the film . one criticism about the film i have hear a lot be that there be too many plot twist towards the end and but i disagree . the film captivate the audience so much that all the unexpected event be not too much to follow . in fact and these be what make the film outstanding . i highly recommend it .