Burnt Money
Burnt Money is a 2000 action thriller directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice and Ricardo Bartis, it is based on Ricardo Piglia's 1997 Planeta prize-winning novel of the same name. The novel was inspired by the true story of a notorious 1965 bank robbery in Buenos Aires.
Plot
The setting is Argentina. El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a petty thief, and Angel (Eduardo Noriega), a drifter, meet in the toilets of a Buenos Aires subway station, and from that moment they are inseparable. They become known as "the twins", but their relationship is in fact that of lovers and, soon, as partners in crime. At a point when their relationship is already turning difficult, the plot sets in.
Awards
Cast
- Adriana Varela
- Ángel Alves
- Carlos Buono
- Carlos Roffé
- Claudio Rissi
- Daniel Valenzuela
- Dolores Fonzi
- Eduardo Migliónico
- Eduardo Noriega
- Gabo Correa
- Gabriel Molinelli
- Gustavo Monje
- Harry Havilio
- Héctor Alterio
- Horacio Marassi
- León Dogodny
- Leonardo Sbaraglia
- Leticia Brédice
- Luis Ziembrowski
- Pablo Echarri
- Ricardo Bartís
- Roberto Vallejos
- Silvia Geijo
- Susana Varela
- Víctor Hugo Carrizo
More details
| author | Marcelo Figueras |
|---|---|
| award | Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film |
| contentLocation | Buenos Aires Montevideo |
| director | Marcelo Piñeyro |
| editor | Juan Carlos Macías |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | armored truck begin build cheat connect even force hearing voices hide out joie de vivre lawyer leticia brédice machine gun passport police force police officer provoke subway station suicide by cop surround think turn uruguay voice wait wound |
| musicBy | Osvaldo Montes |
| producer | Diana Frey Oscar Kramer |
| productionCompany | Cuatro Cabezas Oscar Kramer S.A. |
| publisher | Alta Films Líder Films |
| recordedAt | Buenos Aires |
| theme | gangster independent |