I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

After a successful bank robbery, the thieves escape in a helicopter. While he police is searching for them everywhere near airports or the borders, they actually stay closely near the city in an abandoned monastery. The boss of the gangsters had the idea they might disguise for 6 months as monks, and only after the search for them is abandoned and the robbery forgotten, they shall share the money and leave the country. This cunning plan is of course challenged by various problems, from a gang member who would not want to wait for six months to get his share to real monks returning to the monastery. Pretty cool crime story which fits well into the 'criminal master mind' sub-genre of the 1960s. The tough story shot in rather grim style in black and white is however quite unusual for its star Celentano.