Burnt Money (Plata quemada) (2000)

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Synopsis

Dir: Marcelo Piñeyro. Spanish-language Crime/Thriller/Drama. Based on the novel 'Planeta' by Ricardo Piglia. In 1965, after a botched robbery, a group of men (Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri) flee Argentina for Uruguay.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and profanity; frequent use of vulgar expressions and sexual slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - blood and some detail; brief portrayal of self-harm - some blood, little detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast and buttock nudity, detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock and male and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of cannabis, tobacco, alcohol, and illegal substance use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Love and desire
• Actions and consequences
• Greed and corruption

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, violence, substance use, coarse language and nudity

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