Burnt Money

Burnt Money (Spanish: Plata quemada) is a 2000 action thriller directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice and Ricardo Bartis, it is based on Ricardo Piglia's 1997 Planeta prize-winning novel of the same name. The novel was inspired by the true story of a notorious 1965 bank robbery in Buenos Aires.

Burnt Money
Theater release poster
SpanishPlata quemada
Directed byMarcelo Piñeyro
Screenplay by
  • Marcelo Piñeyro
  • Marcelo Figueras
Based onthe novel Plata Quemada
by Ricardo Piglia
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlfredo F. Mayo
Edited byJuan Carlos Macías
Music byOsvaldo Montes
Production
companies
  • Oscar Kramer S.A.
  • Cuatro Cabezas
Distributed by
  • Lider Films
  • Alta Films
Release date
  • May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11) (Argentina)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
LanguageSpanish
Budget$7,000,000
Box office$44,753,475

Plata quemada won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish-language Foreign Film in 2001. It was partly funded by INCAA.

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