TY - BOOK AU - Marcelo Piñeyro AU - Marcelo Piñeyro AU - Marcelo Figueras AU - Ricardo Piglia AU - Eduardo Noriega AU - Leonardo Sbaraglia AU - Pablo Echarri TI - Plata quemada: Burnt Money AV - PN1997 .P538 2000 PY - 2002/// CY - Argentina PB - Oscar Kramer S.A., Cuatro Cabezas, Estudios Darwin N1 - Based on the 1997 novel "Plata quemada" by Ricardo Piglia N2 - From case cover: When two gay thugs Angel (Edurado Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) join a plan to hold up an armored truck with a group of seasoned gangsters, their love and loyalty to each other is tested. Angel is wounded by police gunfire during the robbery, forcing El Nene to kill them all in a fit of rage. Things become complicated when they escape to Uruguay and the police threated to torture the driver's moll if she doesn't tell them where they are. With their pictures plastered on the cover of every paper, drowning in drugs and alcohol, the gang begins to bicker. Against his boss's wishes El Nene leaves the apartment and roams the streets where he meets a prostitute named Giselle (Leticia Bredice) in whom he begins to trust. Director Marcelo Piñeyro whose films have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful is one of the most important figures in contemporary cinema in Argentina. His fourth film is a delicate balance of a gripping bloodbath and a moving, tender love story. Burnt Money is based on a book by Ricardo Piglia and was inspired by a true story of a famous bank robbery in Buenos Aires in the 1960s ER -