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 The film begins with two, maybe three minutes of titles and trailers that made me think I accidentally turned on the trailer instead of the film itself, but no, that's just Roberts laying out his method and establishing Tomic as a man of talents. singular. "My nickname is Spider-Man," he says. "I am one of the biggest thieves in Paris." Others call him “elusive” and “a legend” who “had guts.” “The biggest art heist in the history of France,” he reads on the screen. “Told by the real thief… with the real detectives… with a dramatic reconstruction.” Five masterpieces were stolen in what would be, in Tomic's own words, his last work.  Soon enough, the doctor calms down and sets the bait while Tomic sits in the center and talks about how his “receiver” – a person who buys stolen goods from thieves to distribute – gave him a list of paintings to “acquire,” for the ordered price of €50 each. We meet some Parisian police officers and art exhibitors, and take a bri...