Nine Queens Page #5

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
Website
1,388 Views


- A mess?

- Your sister.

Hello.

Either we never get to talk

or we speak twice the same day.

No, I can't now.

And why should it concern me?

If you're f***ing with me

to get me to go and talk about...

our grandparents' estate

Wait. Wait a minute!

Alright, I'm on my way.

Yes!

- Problems?

- I don't know. Maybe.

I'm going to see my sister.

And what shall I do?

Come along.

You never know with my sister.

Maybe I might need a witness.

Pay for this. I'll pay you later.

- Your sister works here?

- Yes.

- Does she... ?

- No.

My sister is a responsible person.

- A miracle. I called and you came.

- I'm fine, thanks. And you?

Fine, we are fine.

Thanks for your concern.

You called to give me sh*t?

I'm trying to keep the party going,

to be polite.

I wish it was a party.

You needn't be polite.

It'd be enough if you just

carried out your responsibilities.

I heard that song before.

I think it was your mother singing it.

- You're a bastard!

- Watch your mouth.

Be careful your bosses might listen.

How many are they? Ten, twenty?

Never seen a woman

with as many bosses as she has.

- Who is this?

- Juan, a friend.

- I called you.

- And I came with him. What d'you want?

Come here.

How many times did I ask you

not to meddle with the hotel...

and its guests, that you do

your business elsewhere?

Too many.

I was at the lobby and

that partner of yours, the old man...

what was his name?

- Sandler?

- That's it.

- I thought he had died.

- Don't f*** with me.

I'm not. I haven't seen him

in six or seven years.

Besides, he wasn't my partner.

He does something else.

He was at the lobby insisting

on seeing a guest.

I thought it was one of your affairs.

You're wrong.

I had you called, they didn't find you,

and I had him sent out.

You've become a snitch?

This is my job and I work my ass off

I hope you don't

mean it literally.

When the old man was being

thrown out, he had a seizure...

He fainted.

The house doctor

has already seen him...

and they'll call an ambulance shortly.

What does all this have

to do with me?

The old man recognized me and

asked me, begged me to call you...

that it was urgent,

he needed to talk to you.

My life is quite a mess as it is.

Make sure he doesn't come back.

Neither do you.

- You called me.

- He did.

Whatever you have to settle,

do it and go away.

It makes me nervous

to see you here.

You're as loving as always.

By the way, are you dating someone,

did you get married?

I'm dating.

It will be one year tomorrow.

- Congratulations. I know him?

- I don't think so. He's decent.

Nice ass, right?

Marquitos, you came.

- You called me, Sandler.

- I thought... you know...

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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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