2000 · crime · drama · argentine
Burnt Money
Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro2h 5m2000
Set in Argentina in 1965, the 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 crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody, the two men must flee. It is not long before the police are surrounding the building they are in and they must confront their demons to survive.
Our read: Burnt Money (2000) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · argentine entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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