Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri

Argentina, 1965. Angel, a drifter, and Nene, a petty thief, meet in the bathroom of a Buenos Aires train station, and from that moment they are inseparable--both as lovers and, soon, as partners in cr...( read more  read more... )ime. Dubbed "the Twins" by the police and tabloids, they scratch out a living trawling through the Buenos Aires underworld, until a botched heist goes wrong: leaving four dead and Angel wounded. It forces them and their swaggering straight cohort Cuervo to escape to Uruguay as per the orders of their boss, the sinister Fontana. Fugitives, they are advised to remain in hiding. until their false documents are ready. Days go by and tensions mount. The three begin going out and attracting attention. The situation worsens when Nene, who has an unhealthy relationship with Angel, falls in love with a prostitute. Cut off from their roots and the connections, convinced they've been betrayed and are under surveillance, the Twins' world begins to close in on them, testing their love and finally their sanity.

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R, 2 hrs. 5 min.

Directed by: Marcelo Piñeyro

Release Date: January 15, 2001

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DVD Release Date: October 1, 2002

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  • November 24, 2007
    Wonderful performances and great story.
  • August 8, 2009
    This film is better than I expected. From some reviews I read, I thought it would be somehow shallow, but I'm glad that I was wrong. "Burnt Money" is a nice mix of action and love, which reminds me of "Bonnie and Clyde", only this time it's 2 men. On the second watch, this film b...( read more)urnt me with the intense passion that I missed out on the first time.

    There's a scence by which I was blown away, that was when Angel and Nene first met, Angel put his alcohol bottle into Nene's pocket. A simple action that spoke louder than any word, so beautiful a display of trust and love that it hurt. I wish I could see more of their happy time, though they had their happy ending, one way or another...
  • May 9, 2009
    claustrofobico. struggente.
  • February 5, 2009
    Buenos Aires, 1965 asaltadores homosexuales y una prostituta que se completa el triángulo
  • January 25, 2009
    LETTERBOX. A pesar de cuánto aprecio que exista una película en la que Leo Sbaraglia (buen casting) se encuere y ame a Eduardo Noriega (mal casting), esta peli no convence del todo. Es erótica, atisba a trabajar bien la psicología de sus personajes (sobre todo de El Nene) y, por ...( read more)un segmento, retrata bien la situación de enclaustramiento en que estos se encuentran... Pero, tal cual se presentan, la volatilidad y torpeza de estos tipos no los hace creíbles como criminales profesionales (sí, ok, está basada en una historia real)... y el final es sencillamente desastroso. / Despite my great appreciation for a movie in which Leo Sbaraglia (good casting) appears butt-naked and also loves Eduardo Noriega (bad casting), this movie is not very convincing. It is erotic, gets near exploring well the psychology of its characters (especially El Nene) and, for a while, presents well their sense of entrapment. But, as portrayed, their volatility and clumsiness makes them not very believable professional criminals (ok, yes, it is based on a true story), and the ending is plain disastrous.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • July 20, 2008
    A violent thriller from Argentina, based on the true story of a crime spree that spread across Argentina and Uruguay in 1965 by a pair of criminals known as The Twins.This great film reminds me of Bonnie & Clyde.
  • April 16, 2008
    There was so much sexual tension between the two main characters that I was a little disappointed that we didn't see them have sex. But it was still ridiculously hot and good, nonetheless.
  • March 28, 2008
    poderia ser só mais um filme policial se não fosse a bela composição psicológica dos personagens, principalmente do casal gay. bem bão.

Critic Reviews


November 30, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Are we any the wiser at the end of this exercise in beautiful, messed-up nihilism? Not a bit. Could we stop watching? Not for a moment. full review

October 19, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

These characters exist without motive, but they pulse with a despairing, intensely erotic energy. full review

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  • mudbuddha
    February 7, 2007
    I,too, thought the movie was great!

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