Finally a film that lays bare the truth about the Costa Del Crime in southern Spain. Seems it is not merely a retreat for criminals but a paradise that inspires even honest ex-pats to turn to thieving ways.

It is all too easy to imagine the temptation. You’re a little tired of lying by the pool all day getting drunk, you are desperate to do something.

But you don’t fancy getting a real job, you don’t need to work after all.

But what about just a bit of harmless fun. Perhaps getting together with a few of your mates and robbing a bank. Not for the money, mind you. Just to break up the mind-boggling tedium of blue skies and warm seas.

Actually, this particular group of ex-pats have opted for the hard slog of making a film about ex-pats robbing a bank to break up the monotony of their sun-blessed days rather than robbing a bank themselves.

Director Mike Naylor, who is based at Mijas Costa, near Malaga, got the idea for what he calls "a traditional British comedy" some two years ago.

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