Nine Queens (2000)

Original title

Nueve reinas

Directed by

Fabián Bielinsky

Genre

drama film, heist film, crime film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 830 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two con artists in Buenos Aires team up to pull off a big scam involving fake rare stamps. They have to stay one step ahead of everyone as the deal gets more complicated.

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What happens

Nine Queens (Spanish: Nueve reinas) is a 2000 Argentine heist crime drama film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky. It stars Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls as con artists Marcos and Juan, who team up to sell a block of counterfeit rare stamps (the "Nine Queens") to a wealthy foreign collector. Nine Queens was theatrically released in Argentina on August 31, 2000, by Buena Vista International. The film received praise for its screenplay, Bielinsky's direction, acting performances, and its tone; it is considered an Argentine film classic. Nine Queens was a commercial success, grossing $12.4 million worldwide. In 2022, it was selected as the 10th greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Also in 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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