Nine Queens Page #8

Synopsis: 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 steps in, claiming to be a policeman, and drags Juan out of the store. 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. A once-in-a-lifetime scheme seemingly falls into their laps - an old-time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, The Nine Queens. The tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters, including Marcos' sister Valeria, their younger brother Federico and a slew of thieves, conmen and pickpockets. As the deceptions mount, it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Fabián Bielinsky
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  22 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2000
114 min
$1,078,919
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1,495 Views


- You said "check" instead of"dough".

- I didn't say check.

- Yes, you did.

- I didn't say check.

Yes, you said check.

Goddamn you!

You called me on short notice.

I had no time to prepare.

F*** off, nitwit!

You are an a**hole, get out!

And my fifty?

I need fifty to pay for the gun.

Shove that gun up your ass.

F***ing shithead!

Do you understand why I need you?

Why do you give me that

raped virgin's look? What is it?

You know my business.

What did you expect?

A miracle.

Let's go.

The bank is already open.

- I carry the check.

- No... the deal is mine.

Give me the check.

Crdenas! Crdenas!

- What happened, Crdenas?

- What are you doing here?

You're lucky.

At any other time I'd have gone out

and beaten the hell out of you.

I'll give it back to you. A problem

with my accountant. What happened?

We were all royally screwed.

We found out this morning.

They held as long as possible,

and when the going got rough...

they sold all the assets and took off.

- Who?

- The Board.

All eleven.

They took 1 3 5 million.

The Central Bank did know

but they only took part today.

- I've got to go.

- Wait... Come. This is good?

- Wow! What are you into?

- Crdenas! Is it good or not?

Maybe. But what difference

does it make?

Wait...

This is for you?

You were going to cash this?

You'll have to shove it

up your ass, Marquitos.

Hey...

- How many?

- Give me two.

- None for me.

- Who said you could use my chips?

- NI NE QUEENS

- Not yours, your father's.

- Don't interrupt.

- Are you tired, Sebastin, or in a bad mood?

Boris, at the theatre

do you also drink that much?

Know what? I do a better

Spaniard when drunk.

The guy from the bank called,

the one who tipped you about the closing.

Crdenas?

Yes, he says he'll come

to collect later today.

- What about Turco?

- He also called.

He wants to know if he can stay

another week with your cousin.

What are you staring at?

You were scared, kid.

Never.

By any chance,

do you remember a song by...

Rita Pavone, a song they used

for a film a long time ago?

Come on, Berta.

Nice kiss you gave me

at the hotel.

I couldn't help it.

- Happy first anniversary.

- Isn't it too much?

- It's yours.

- And yours.

- Minus expenses?

- What?

Nothing, nothing...

And this?

It belonged to my mother.

My grandmother gave it to her.

It's been in the family for...

a hundred years.

I remembered!

I remembered it!

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Fabián Bielinsky

Fabián Bielinsky (3 February 1959 – 28 June 2006) was an Argentine film director born in Buenos Aires. He started to make films early in life, while still a high school student in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. After graduation he started studying psychology, a career he pursued for a short time before dropping out in favor of enrolling in the Centro de Experimentacion y Realizacion Cinematografica (CERC, actually ENERC, INCAA's film school), from which he graduated in 1983 with a short film called La Espera, based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges. He directed his first film, Nine Queens (original title Nueve Reinas) in 2000, and the second one, El Aura, in 2005, which he was going to present in Edinburgh, at the International Film Festival, a month later. Both films starred Ricardo Darín in the lead role. Bielinsky died from a heart attack while in São Paulo, Brazil, casting for an advertisement. more…

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