Burnt Money

Starring:Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega (II), Pablo Echarri, Leticia BrÃ©dice, Ricardo Bartis, Dolores Fonzi, Carlos RoffÃ©, Daniel Valenzuela, HÃ©ctor Alterio, Claudio Rissi, Luis Ziembrowsky, Harry Havilio, Roberto Vallejos, Adriana Varela, Alfredo Giardina, Alejandro Duncan, JesÃºs OlguÃn, Eduardo Peaguda, Carlos Fitipaldi, Susana Varela
Director: Marcelo PiÃ±eyro
Studio: Strand Releasing
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

dazzling!
Cain and Abel in our time
Half-Gay SouthAmerican Scarface
exactly what I had hoped for
A true love story

Burnt Money
Starring: Leonardo Sbaraglia , Eduardo Noriega (II) , Pablo Echarri , Leticia Brédice , and Ricardo Bartis
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro
Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000069HUI
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

dazzling!.......2007-01-17

Perhaps this is the most unforgettable film I have ever seen;
the performances (most especially by the twins--Noriega/Sbaraglia)
are simply mesmerizing. The story is unusual and beautiful and exciting--
so snatch it!

Cain and Abel in our time.......2007-01-04

I watched this picture over and over, feelig totally moved every time.
The role played by Leonardo Sbaraglia and Eduardo Noriega emphasizes
the contrast between something spiritual and physicalthat all human beings suffer for.

The beautiful image of this picture reminds me of the world of Cain and Abel of the Old Testament reproduced in our time.

Half-Gay SouthAmerican Scarface.......2006-11-03

Hot actors and visually stunning biggish buget Argentinian true crime gay noir thriller, this could have been soooo good, alas the gays are religiously impotent through 95% of the movie (brought early on by mental breakdown) so all the gay potental action goes out the window and we are left watching frustration with frustration. Not so good. However... last 20 minutes of this movie you should be floored by the plottwist and action plus last minute gay snog saves the day. The movie-loving but eternally starved gay audience might enjoy it better if they don't expect the misleading DVD cover to deliver (that torso scene is 5 seconds at the beginning and this kind of sensual nudity is not repeated though there is some nudity au natural).

Story goes like this; its the 1965 in Bueons Aires and big bank money shipment robbery is planned by various crimebosses who hire 3 hitmen to execute it, 2 of which are gay and lovers. The job is a fiasco with cops being killed but they at least get awy with the money and eventually flee Argentina to Uruguy but knowing more or less the whole time they will be cought spending most of their hide-out time bored out of their sculls and drugged out of their minds. The gay couple seems to break up and one of them seeks comfort tricking at night and forms eventually some sort of a relationship with a local moll. Eventually they are sold out by the people who hired them and cops and army attack but their reaction is no surrender and a mini war breaks out as the 3 of them Alamo style hold the fort to the last drop of sweaty blood. Oh and the homos re-unite just in time to be shot.

The main trouble with this film is the overlong middlepart with the one half of the gay couple cheating on his lover with a woman (loads of graphic straight sex) this dragged on for way way to long and might as well have ben cut out altogether as it made no difference to the plot. Ok I still liked this movie enough to give it 3 stars and I'm happy to have bought it as I think I will want to watch the best parts annually (but skipping over about 40% of the middle). Grimms.

exactly what I had hoped for.......2006-11-02

a real action thriller with the gay aspect being a player not the headline of this film. I'm glad to see at least the Latin film makers realizing that gay themes do not need to be exploited, as their North American counterparts seem to do. It's just a fact of life, all life, even bank robbers. Really a wonderful film. I enjoy watching it over and over again and get something new each time.

A true love story.......2006-10-10

This movie was not quite what I expected, but I loved it. It's a little hard to keep up with the plot as the subtitles are long and go by fast so you haven't always got time to watch the movie and read the subtitles too. Therefore I got a little lost in places and had to go back and replay some spots. Not too bad though as the plot kept my interest. Sound and picture quality is excellent. Plot is from a true story. The love between the central characters, a gay couple known as "The Twins" is a story of undying love in the midst of personal inner conflict, frustrations and many life events happening in the meantime. If you are looking for hot steamy sex scenes between the two guys, theres not much there to see but the acting is very good and you get the sense that these two actors were the actual couple come back to make this film. Their chemistry together is awesome and very realistic. They appear to have enjoyed doing this project together and you are left believeing the actors themselves formed a lifetime friendship through this project. There were things I didn't like in the story but since it is based on a true story, there isn't much you can do but accept it as part of what makes the whole thing go around. I would recommend this film highly. It contains lots of adventure, suspense, drama, action and warmth weaved throughout all of that. I'll spare you the details of the movie and let you watch them unfold yourself. I also recommend watching this one over again to catch what you missed the first time through. It is worth it in my opinion.

Plata Quemada (Burnt Money) [PAL/REGION 2 DV D. Import-Spain]

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Plata Quemada (Burnt Money) [PAL/REGION 2 DV D. Import-Spain]
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro
Manufacturer: Filmax
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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