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Annecy Review: Kids might enjoy Dante's rickety crime caper

Helge is a devoted worker at the local bank. Maybe a bit too devoted. He doesn't have much else going on in his life. He lives for his work, and in light of one of the bank's trio of managers retiring, he's hoping to get the call the the big leagues. A promotion would mean moving upstairs, working in close conjunction with the other two managers, and maybe even being able to call them friends. Helge is a true tool of capitalism, hoping to find his social fulfillment within the capitalist machine. And while he gets the promotion, things get off to a very rocky start. After falling asleep at his new desk on his first night, Helge awakens to a horrible scene: the vault has been opened, and ten million dollars have gone missing from within. As only he and the other managers know where the vault's key is kept, and he's the newbie, and he was literally there overnight, Helge becomes the prime suspect. So he does what any normal person would do: goes on the run, teams up w...

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