Plata quemada (2000)

Director:

Marcelo Piñeyro

Writers:

Marcelo Figueras (writer)
Ricardo Piglia (novel)

Release Date:

11 May 2000 (Argentina)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Basada en una historia real que durante 35 años se mantuvo en secreto

Plot:

Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.

Plot Keywords:

Argentina | Police | Uruguay | Lover | Hiding

Awards:

5 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	El Nene
Eduardo Noriega	...	Ángel
Pablo Echarri	...	El Cuervo
Leticia Brédice	...	Giselle
Ricardo Bartis	...	Fontana
Dolores Fonzi	...	Vivi
Carlos Roffé	...	Nando
Daniel Valenzuela	...	Tabaré
Héctor Alterio	...	Losardo
Claudio Rissi	...	Relator
Luis Ziembrowski	...	Florian Barrios
Harry Havilio	...	Carlos Tulian
Roberto Vallejos	...	Parisi
Adriana Varela	...	Cantante Cabaret
Ángel Alves	...	Prostituta 3 Parque de Diversiones

Also Known As:

Burnt Money (Canada: English title) (USA)
Burning Money (International: English title)
Plata quemada (Spain)

Runtime:

125 min | South Korea:123 min

Country:

Argentina | Spain | Uruguay

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | France:-12 | Spain:18 | USA:R | South Korea:18 | Canada:R

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Oscar Kramer S.A.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, the bullet damage to the door of the apartment disappears and reappears between shots.

Soundtrack:

Dónde estás

A poetic masterpiece

I cannot forget the images that Marcelo Piñeyro conjured up and was able to capture in this film. Everything, the visuals, the literate script, with its sensitive, sensuous, heartbreaking dialogue, the suspense that does not leave you for a single minute, the violent finale that you expect and still keep hoping it will not happen, the exquisite acting of all the major players, it will all stay with me, forever, I am sure. This is film-making of the best kind: contemporary, mature, it relates to reality but transcends it and reaches a perfectly beautiful, artistic, poetic level. This is also a film that treats a gay relationship with total honesty and truth. The characters have their faults, but none of them has to do with their sexuality. They make, indeed, a beautiful pair, and I wish they would have had a chance to be happy together, somewhere, somehow, at the end.