Directed by Fabián Bielinsky. He also tells that the Spaniard Vidal Gandolfo that is lodged in the hotel is a collector of stamps and will travel on the next morning. Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").Early one morning, Marcos observes Juan successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier, and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift. Marcos, who seems to have cheated everyone he knows including his siblings, is missing his partner, so he offers to teach Juan tricks for a day. They head to a five-star hotel where Marcos meets his estranged sister Valeria in the reception. Is it possible the city itself is pulling a con on its inhabitants, and that some underlying reality will deceive everyone? Marcos steps in, claiming to be a policeman, and drags Juan out of the store. Marcos gets a call from an aging, ill ex-associate needing help to sell a forged set of rare stamps, the Nine Queens, to a businessman about to be deported (he can't take cash out of Argentina, but could take the stamps). They buy the real stamps and go to Gandolfo's hotel, but he says he's changed his mind and will now only buy the stamps if he also gets to sleep with Marcos' sister Valeria (It appears that Juan and Marcos are both ruined. He lectures Juan on the dangers of excessive greed and buys him breakfast, and then the two of them seemingly happen upon an opportunity to pull a big swindle involving the "nine queens," a rare sheet of stamps.
The first cashier comes back with the manager, screaming that she was robbed. Nine Queens (Spanish: Nueve reinas) is a 2000 Argentine crime drama film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky and starring Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice, Tomás Fonzi and Alejandro Awada. When the con men have to improvise, Marcos asks Juan to use his savings to set up the deal.
is the question asked in the story of two small-time swindlers, Juan (Gaston Pauls) and Marcos (Ricardo Darin), whose paths collide in a convenience store and quickly leads to a half-million dollar forgery scam on a … o2 estrellas: Un poco aburrida. Then the plot thickens as they get a proposition from an old man, a scam expert himself. A plot, however clever, is only the clockwork; what matters is what kind of time a movie tells. "Nine Queens" is blessed with a gallery of well-drawn character roles, including the alcoholic mark and his two bodyguards; the avaricious widow who owns the "nine queens" and her much younger bleached-blond boyfriend, and Valeria the sister, who opposes Marcos' seamy friends and life of crime but might be willing to sleep with Gandolfo if she can share in the spoils.Juan meanwhile falls for Valeria himself, and then there are perfectly timed hiccups in the plot where the characters (and we) apparently see through a deception, only to find that deeper reality explains everything--maybe.
o5 estrellas: Imperdible. Laura's Review Robins's Review. is the question asked in the story of two small-time swindlers, Juan (Gaston Pauls) and Marcos (Ricardo Darin), whose paths collide in a convenience store and quickly leads to a half-million dollar forgery scam on a big time gangster about to be deported in "Nine Queens." Watch the Reel. The less the filmgoer knows about the narrative's twists and turns, the better - except to In the final scene, Juan goes to a warehouse, where he greets the motorcycle thieves, Gandolfo, Sandler and his sister Berta, and Juan's fiancée Valeria – revealing that the real con was to swindle Marcos out of $200,000 as revenge for all the times he cheated his family and his partners.
The picture features Gastón Pauls , Ricardo Darín , Leticia Brédice , Tomás Fonzi , among others. And on and on, around and around, in an elegant and sly deadpan comedy. Partner Rewards.
Marcos claims to be a police officer and arrests Juan; he also brings the money claiming to be evidence. Since nothing is as it seems (it doesn't even seem as it seems), watching the film is like observing a chess game in which all of the pieces are in plain view but one player has figured out a way to cheat. Or seemingly otherwise. Of course Marcos is only seemingly a cop. A young would-be con man named Juan (Of course Marcos is only seemingly a cop. The ultimate joke of course would be if the Argentine economy collapsed, so that everyone's gains, ill-gotten or not, would evaporate.
But, no, the fake stamps are stolen, seemingly by complete strangers, requiring Marcos and Juan to try to con the owner of the real nine queens out of stamps they can sell Gandolfo.
Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas) (2002) Reviewed by Tom Dawson Updated 02 July 2002: Two small-time swindlers meet, seemingly by chance, in a Buenos Aires convenience store. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including AMC, Stubs, Cinemark Connections, Regal Crown Club … Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas) "Who isn't a thief?" Juan is skeptical at first, but agrees to work with Marcos after he impresses him with a few sophisticated cons. Is Juan about to be conned? o3 estrellas: Ni buena ni mala. With Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Graciela Tenenbaum, María Mercedes Villagra. - Puntos más interesantes - Puntos débiles - Efecto que causa en el espectador - Valoración global: o1 estrella: Muy mala.
The film's screenplay was adapted in the 2004 film In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Once they are back on the street, Marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind, and he invites Juan to be his partner in crime. & Asociados, Patagonik Film Group ; escrita y dirigida por Fabián Bielinsky ; producida por Pablo Bossi. Fabian Bielinsky's "Nine Queens" is a con within a con within a con. Variant title Title on container: Nine queens Format DVD, Videodisc Edition/Version Widescreen version. Learn more.