Plata Quemada


Burnt Money Spanish Plata quemada is a 2001 Argentine action thriller directed by Marcelo Pieyro and written by Pieyro and Marcelo Figueras. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brdice and Ricardo Bartis, it is based on Ricardo Piglias 1997 Planeta prizewinning novel of the same name. The novel was inspired by the true story of a notorious 1965 bank robbery in Buenos Aires.

The setting is Argentina, 1965. El Nene Leonardo Sbaraglia, a petty thief, and Angel Eduardo Noriega, a drifter, meet in the bathroom of a Buenos Aires subway station, and from that moment they are inseparable. They become known as the twins, but their relationship is in fact that of lovers and, soon, as partners in crime. At a point when their relationship is already turning difficult, the plot sets in.Their love and loyalty to each other is tested when the twins join a plan to hold up an armored truck together with a group of seasoned gangsters their swaggering straight cohort Cuervo Pablo Echarri, a sedative addict whos been carrying on an affair with the luscious Vivi Dolores Fonzi a 16yearold nymphet the trios boss Fontana Ricardo Bartis and the elderly lawyer Nando Carlos Roff, who is past the days of any professional illusions and helps make connections to find a good team for the crime. ........

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