SYNOPSIS

A hilarious avant-garde chase film where a mysterious "thief" emerges from the ceiling of someone's dinning room just as they're about to sit down for lunch. The Thief makes off with the man's sandwich just as he's about to take his first bite and the chase is on!

Purloiner El Magnifico was shot as live-action but takes on the pace and persona of the classic, nonsensical animation of the 1950's and 60's. Through a tour de force of outlandish slapstick embellishments, it leads us in "the chase" from the dining room through a world of color and b/w, subways and rooftops, comic aggression and inquisitive surprise.