
Burnt Money, is set in Argentina in 1965. This true story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of Argentinian crime history. Nene, Angel and Cuervo are bank robbers who flee from Argentina across the border to Uruguay after a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody. Angel is hurt and the three must lay low until Angel recovers. Nene and Angel are known to everyon... (Full plot summary below)
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Burnt Money, is set in Argentina in 1965. This true story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of Argentinian crime history. Nene, Angel and Cuervo are bank robbers who flee from Argentina across the border to Uruguay after a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody. Angel is hurt and the three must lay low until Angel recovers. Nene and Angel are known to everyone they know as "the twins" because of their resemblance, but the two are not brothers at all - they are involved in a steamy homosexual relationship. To get back to Argentina, the group must first wait for Fontana, the brains behind the robbery, to arrange for passports. Anxious from hiding, Cuervo decides to break curfew and go party. After Nene and Angel also decide to take off, Nene meets a prostitute named Giselle and Angel ends up getting in a fight. The group is forced to abandon their refuge and Angel and Nene decide to move in with Giselle. However, the sexual attraction between Nene and Angel burns too strongly and when Nene gets hostile with Giselle and kicks her out, she goes straight to the police to snitch on the group. It's not long before police are surrounding the building and the fate of Nene and Angel appears to be sealed.
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIt is a bravura work that attests to Pineyro's command of a style rich in texture and nuance and also of multilayered material. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakDirector Marcelo Pineyro imbues the film with mood and style and yet the violent climax holds little thrall as a lack of character development makes it had to care about the robbers' fate. |
| Seattle TimesEli SandersThe twins -- ragged, cool-eyed and inseparable -- are this movie's swinging stopwatch, mesmerizing the viewer with the fierce back-and-forth of their romance. |
| New TimesDavid EhrensteinThis isn't entertainment for the faint of heart. |
| Film Journal InternationalPeter HennePiñeyro's solution for every predictable plot advancement and character relationship is a lot of frantic arm-waving, as though to insist, 'But these gangsters are gay!' |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonDirected with enough (borrowed) style by Marcelo Pineyro that we barely notice its lack of original ideas. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovWell worth seeing if you have even the slightest interest in guns and sex and the interplay between the two (and who doesn't?), Burnt Money also has, you'll forgive the pun, style to burn. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank Swietek'Burnt Money'=wasted time...a Tarentino ripoff played at half-speed. |
| indieWireBrandon JudellA beautifully realized, fevered and smart retelling of an actual robbery that went very amiss back in sixties' Argentina. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyThose who hang in for the long haul are rewarded with a sexy, moving love story. |