burntmoney

SYNOPSIS - BURNT MONEY
Sensuous, violent and brilliant gay
gangster film.
REVIEW

This steamy, high-octane crime drama
and love story is a visually stunning
and sensuous film. Set in 1965 and
based on a true Argentinean criminal
case, Burnt Money centers on three
bronzed muscular thugs--Nene, Angel
and Cuervo--and their lethal life of
crime. Nene and Angel, known as the
twins, met in a toilet and instantly
became lovers, who, with their partner
Cuervo, decide to do a hold-up without
their usual partners. That path soon
becomes lined with blood, dead
bodies, furious lovemaking and wads
of cash. But when Angel is injured and
with the law closing in, the gang
decides to lay low in Uruguay. While
hiding out, the lovers’ tumultuous
relationship begins to unravel. And
when Cuervo brings a woman into their
lair, her presence threatens them all.
The film alternates between moments
of intense rust-colored homoeroticism
and blasts of bullets. An explosive tale
of blind ambition, heartless violence
and clothes-tearing lust, this gay Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid stars
an unforgettable pair: Eduardo
Noriega, winner of last year’s Best
Actor at the Spanish Goyas for Abre
Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) as Angel
and Leonardo Sbaraglia as Nene.
(Spanish with English subtitles)