Well into their 30s, Juan Nuñez (Gael García Bernal) and Benjamín Wilson (Leonardo Ortizgris) still can’t seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents’ homes.

Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo in the district of Satelite, Mexico City’s version of an American suburb. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country’s iconic National Anthropology Museum.

Inspired by true events, and shot on never-before filmed locations in Mexico, MUSEO is a sardonic cautionary tale that underscores the old adage: you don’t know what you have until you lose it.

Museo stars Gael García Bernal and Leonardo Ortizgris as the criminals in question. The film comes from director Alonso Ruizpalacios, whose first film, 2014’s “Güeros,” won the Best First Feature Film award in Berlin.

We rave about the film in our review from Berlin, saying, “[‘Museo’ is] an endlessly entertaining, challenging investigation of history that confirms Ruizpalacios’ status as the next big thing in Mexican cinema.”

“Museo” is set to hit select theaters on September 14 after it shows at this year’s TIFF.