Overview
A passionate love ignites amidst chaos and crime in 1960s Argentina.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- passionate
- claustrophobic
- arthouse film night
- crime thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a stylish, intense crime drama elevated by its erotic central relationship and committed performances, though some found its melodrama uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nene and Ángel’s passionate relationship remains central as jealousy, secrecy, and violence close in around the fugitives.
The robbers’ enforced hiding, anxiety, fractured loyalties, and escalating pressure shape the film’s conflict.
Nene and Ángel are both romantic partners and wanted bank robbers forced to negotiate desire, concealment, and flight.
The story is explicitly set in Argentina in 1965 and follows a notorious robbery and cross-border fugitive ordeal.
Films like Burnt Money, and why
The Living End
shared doomed queer romance, criminal underworld, psychological pressure, and tragic crime-thriller intensity
My Own Private Idaho
shared gay male intimacy, criminal fugitives, erotic tension, and bleak outlaw romance
Bound
shared lovers trapped by crime, escalating paranoia, and morally corrosive passion
Dog Day Afternoon
shared historical crime drama, police siege, doomed protagonists, and visceral social tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Marcelo Piñeyro
- Release Date
- 2000-05-11
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (102)
Cast
- Leonardo Sbaraglia
- Eduardo Noriega
- Pablo Echarri
- Leticia Brédice
- Ricardo Bartis
- Dolores Fonzi
- Carlos Roffé
- Daniel Valenzuela
- Héctor Alterio
- Claudio Rissi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Burnt Money about?
- A passionate outlaw couple’s flight from a bloody Argentine bank robbery collapses under jealousy, confinement, and an inescapable police siege.
- What is Burnt Money like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Burnt Money as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Burnt Money violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Burnt Money as brutal.
- What did critics think of Burnt Money?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a stylish, intense crime drama elevated by its erotic central relationship and committed performances, though some found its melodrama uneven.
- Which films are like Burnt Money?
- Films with a similar feel include The Living End, My Own Private Idaho, Bound, and Dog Day Afternoon.
- How long is Burnt Money?
- Burnt Money runs 125 minutes.
- Where can I watch Burnt Money?
- In United States, Burnt Money streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.
