31 Million Reasons

Heist

Bollywood meets South Africa in a fictionalised heist film about corrupt cop Rennie who has illusions of being above the criminal class, and who desperately wants to clean up his act. Rennie is given the opportunity to go legit by a cash-in-transit guard... but only by orchestrating the biggest cash heist in South African history

Tagline

Cops, Robbers, and Bunny Chow…a homegrown heist movie set in the Indian community of Durban.

Logline

In 1997, 31 million rand was stolen in the middle of the night from a cash holding facility in Durban, South Africa. 14 people were arrested and are still sitting in jail. But a few crooked cops from Chatsworth got away with the crime of a lifetime.

Synopsis

In 1997, 31 million rand was stolen in the middle of the night from a cash holding facility in Pinetown, Durban. Now 14 people are sitting in jail. But a few crooked cops from Chatsworth got away with it. And urban legend has it there was far more money at the deposit facility than was ever made public. This is the fictionalised story about corrupt Durban cop Rennie who has illusions of being above the criminal class, and who desperately wants to clean up his act. Rennie is given the opportunity to go legit by a cash-in-transit guard... but only by orchestrating the biggest cash heist in South African history.