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"Burnt Money"
2000
Directed by Marcelo Pineyro

Eduardo Noriega stars in this gripping drama based on a real-life crime spree that dominated headlines in Argentina and Uruguay in 1965. Noriega and Leonardo Sbaraglia are "The Twins," gay lovers already infamous for their own string of criminal activities. They are recruited for a heist involving some other dangerous underworld figures and the volatile mixture almost ensures something will go terribly wrong. "...the bold, confident kind of filmmaking that gets away with everything--think of early Bertolucci, The Conformist in particular" (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times). Spanish with English subtitles.  125 minutes.