Burnt Money

Burnt Money
10K ratings
Out of Print: Future availability is unknown
Notify Me When Available
Format:  DVD
item number:  VWY2
on most orders of $75+
Brand New

DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 1, 2002
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Strand Home Video

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring &
Performer: , &
Directed by
Composition by
Produced by
Director of Photography:

Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh77%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 30

Upright77%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 3,209
The twins -- ragged, cool-eyed and inseparable -- are this movie's swinging stopwatch, mesmerizing the viewer with the fierce back-and-forth of their romance. Full Review
Seattle Times
Dec 21, 2001
A beautifully realized, fevered and smart retelling of an actual robbery that went very amiss back in sixties' Argentina. Full Review
indieWire
Sep 14, 2012
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Its highlight comes in a cunning series of cuts that fade between fellatio performed at gunpoint with genuflection at the foot of a crucifix. Full Review
Film Freak Central
Apr 19, 2002
...Thanks to director Marcelo Pineyro's visual flair and the stars' smoldering good looks, BURNT MONEY rebounds with a fiery finale...
Entertainment Weekly
Oct 4, 2002
Rating: 3/4 -- Directed with enough (borrowed) style by Marcelo Pineyro that we barely notice its lack of original ideas. Full Review
Detroit Free Press
Mar 15, 2002
Rating: B -- With flavorful acting, direction and cinematography, Burnt Money touches on emotions universal to any relationship.
Dallas Morning News
Feb 28, 2002
Rating: B+ -- A sexy, intense crime thriller from Argentina.
Houston Chronicle
Jun 7, 2002

Product Description:

When two gay thugs Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) join a plan to hold up an armored truck with a group of seasoned gangsters, their love and loyalty to each other is tested. Angel is wounded by police gunfire during the robbery, forcing El Nene to kill them all in a fit of rage. Things become complicated when they escape to Uruguay and the police threaten to torture the driver's moll if she doesn't tell them where they are. With their pictures plastered on the cover of every paper, drowning in drugs and alcohol, the gang begins to bicker. Against his boss's wishes El Nene leaves the apartment and roams the streets where he meets a prostitute named Giselle (Leticia Bredice) in whom he begins to trust. Director Marcelo Piñeyro, whose films have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, is one of the most important figures in contemporary cinema in Argentina. His fourth film is a delicate balance of a gripping bloodbath and a moving, tender love story. BURNT MONEY is based on a book by Ricardo Piglia and was inspired by a true story of a famous bank robbery in Buenos Aires in the 1960s.

This film was screened in April 2001 at the Walter Reade Theater in New York City as part of a New Argentine Cinema festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Keywords:

Product Info

  • UPC: 712267210923
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)