Francis Ford Coppola He is one of the references of modern cinema. His masterpiece, the trilogy of “The Godfather”is one of the projects that laid the foundations for the directors and actors of the future. Likewise, other titles, such as “Apocalypse Now” and “The Conversation” and “Dracula” only enlarge his figure.
Curiously, the director has a close relationship with Argentina. In fact, many years ago he had acquired a two-story, six-room petit hotel in the Palermo Viejo neighborhood, although this suffered an incredible robbery by some young people.
How was the robbery of Francis Ford Coppola’s production company in Argentina?
It was the year 2007and Coppola was preparing what would be his next film: Tetro. This work would be more modest compared to his other major productions, and would focus on a young man who breaks ties with his family and decides to go into exile in Argentina.
For this reason, the director of “The Godfather” bought a house for 900 thousand dollars in Gorriti 4746between Malabia and Armenia streets, which would function as a space for him to work Zoetropeits production company based in our country.
However, Tetro’s production had a setback when at 10 p.m. on September 27, five thieves entered the filmmaker’s property and, realizing that there was no money, They took three computers – the original script of the film was stored in one and the backup in the others -, cell phones and a camera..
Entry was simple: the door was not locked, so the attackers only had to use a card to unlock the lock. Inside the house, they surprised a group of four people who were working, one of whom, in an attempt to stop the robbery, was injured with a knife.
They left without making much fuss. A group of boys who were at the door of a bowling alley on the corner of Malabia saw the other group leaving carrying bags, although nothing about the scene caught their attention.
“There is no movie. They took all my files, my memories, all my things from the last 15 years. “It’s terrible,” Coppola said after learning of the robbery.
What happened to the criminals and the script
“The only thing we want to ask, on behalf of Mr. Coppola, is that Please return even the information that is inside his computerwhere all your creative work from a lot of time is,” pleaded one of Coppola’s employees. “A reward will be given. At least they should return the backup that they also took, and that is of no use to them,” he promised.
Finally the same director He confirmed when the film was shot that he was able to recover the script, although he did lose many photographs. The curious thing is that police sources said that the criminals may have chosen the target casually.
In an incredible broadcast robbery, the thieves will have realized the magnitude of their actions after seeing the requests for the script in exchange for a reward. A film theft worthy of being filmed by its own protagonist. Anyway, Coppola later declared that, despite what happened, he was still enchanted with Argentina and its nightlife and bohemia..
Source: Ambito
