¨Burnt Money ¨ is set in Argentina in 1965 , it has some bank robbers well played by a young trio : Leonardo Sbaraglia as El Nene , Pablo Echarri as El Cuervo and Eduardo Noriega as Ángel and narrator as well . The picture tells the lurid criminal story about a famous South America trio of tough delinquents, who take part in the annals of Argentinian crime history , detailing a mythologized biography . Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo are three antiheroes who go across South American countries robbing banks resulting in three dead policemen and hiding during the 60s . Nene and Angel are well known to everyone , they're nicknamed as "the twins" because of they bear remarkable resemblance , but the two are not brothers at all , as they result to be two homosexual lovers who like really each other . They embark in a criminal rampage participating in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires , when the large-scale hold-up goes wrong , turning bloody .They form a dangerous criminal gang , along with some accomplices . After letting the initial emotions of the situation settle down , then they decide voluntarily to go on but eventually flee from Argentina across the border to Uruguay . Angel is injured and the three must lay low until Angel recovers. They are involved in heists and assaults ; along the way , the group must first wait for Fontana , the brains behind the robberies , to arrange for passports and while being relentlessly pursued by Inspector Losardo : Héctor Alterio . But they're anxious from hiding and again undergoing various criminal activities and other forbidden love stories.
This violent movie set in the Sixties displays intense drama , a peculiar love story with jealous included , noisy action, thriller and being quite entertaining , though tedious at times . A brilliantly directed movie, this true story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers then hide out from the police in Uruguay . A groundbreaking film that chronicles the short lives of Argentine's most infamous criminals. It turns out to be a slow and tiring movie, displaying drama , a love story , action, violence and entertaining enough . Despite passable portrayals , the main roles are totally unlikeable , which means you watch as a riveted observer without becoming involved with them or their motives . As the movie is visually decent but ultimately depressing and boring . Based on the dramatic novel titled "Plata Quemada" or ¨Burnt Money¨ by writer Ricardo Piglia with script by Marcelo Figueras and director Marcelo Piñeyro himself , however the adaptation results to be some dull and disjointed . In spite of twenty years from film-making still hold well and remains interesting but overlong . In the wake of the classic movies : Bonnie and Clyde or Wild Bunch, in which a criminal group is pursued and really besieged , the flick is plenty of grisly violence including an extremely thrilling ending , adding strong sex scenes , complemented by steamy homosexual relationships that were extremely polemic at the time . In fact , due to the non-condemnatory treatment of homosexuality , the film was banned in several South American countries . Here stands out the great and young actors participating in this peculiar thriller : the Argentinean Leonardo Sbaraglia (Carmen , En la ciudad sin limites , the Spanish Eduardo Noriega (Open your eyes, El Lobo) in one of his first roles in Latin America, Pablo Echarri (El método, El elegido, Al final del tunel) and two gorgeous women : Leticia Dolera and Dolores Fonzi's debut.
The motion picture nicely photographed by cameraman Alfredo Mayo , was slow but compellingly directed by Marcelo Piñeyro . He was born in 1953 in Buenos Aires, Argentina . Marcelo usually works with his fetish actor , Leonardo Sbaraglia . Piñeyro is a director and writer, especially known for Plata Quemada (2000) and Kamchatka (2002) and , of course , El Método or the Method (2005) . Marcelo has directed the following films -being most of them dramas and thrillers- : 2009 La Viudas de Jueves , 2003 Kamchatka , 2000 Plata Quemada or Burst money , 1997 Cenizas del Paraíso , 1995 Caballos Salvajes and 1993 Tango Feroz . Rating : 6/10, acceptable and passable.
