Did you want to see some con artist movie like American Hustle which involves scam & hustle business? watch Nine Queens, this picture is not some pretentious and pedant film like American Hustle[I liked but...] Scorsese's wannabe, there are no hot and beautiful women on it, or big hit stars starring. Nine Queens is some original and clever film, full of witty and very elaborated characters. This story, by the way, are about the act of con peoples, moral, family and fortune and how we use day after day and don't need to have some narration to like "I have to survive." Knocking on your head every time - "I have to survive." - is some kind of thing you see…

There are no saints.

Clashes between the police and citizens. Fires, protests, and a political and economic crisis, where the country declared itself ruined and unable to pay its debts.
Nine Queens is situated in the context of this economic crisis in Argentina, from 1998 to 2002.

Nine Queens has a really witty plot about the life of crime of this con artists, the expert Marcos and the newbie Juan, that play with the trust, patience and honesty of people, while planning to sell a man a counterfeit of super rare stamps, by which the film earns its title, the Nine Queens.

There is a scene in which Marcos tells Juan that everyone in the city are thieves, that there…

20 años y sigue más vigente que nunca. El relato perfecto en el país donde todo puede suceder. 9 Reinas condensensa lo mejor y lo peor de los argentinos. Pillos, rápidos, ventajeros y estafadores, pero también sensibles, tiernos y justicieros. Se me hace imposible pensar esta película fuera del contexto de Argentina en el año 2000.
La manera en la que Bielensky construye los cimientos de la película es majestuosa. Todo se trata de los personajes, de entenderlos, conocerlos y acompañarlos en este viaje por Buenos Aires lleno de trucos, artimañas y estafas. Bastan apenas unos minutos para entender quién es Marcos. No hay dudas de cómo se maneja y sabemos que es más rápido que todos nosotros. Y cuando…

The World Is More Than Enough 3: You Haven't Seen That Yet?!

5/30 - Argentina

It took me 13 years but I got there in the end.

I actually bought Nine Queens on VHS back in 2002 on the way back from a Chinese restaurant. It was stuck in an ex-rental bargain bin outside a video shop. Cost me about a quid, I think. Never did get round to watching it as I was dragged kicking and screaming into the DVD era. I'm still reluctantly in that era, by the way.

It was just about worth the wait although I was a bit anxious. To say that Fabián Bielinsky's next film, The Aura tested my patience would be an understatement.…

¿No te acordas de un tema de Rita Pavone?

Termino de ver esta película (si, de madrugada), y me confirma que el cine argentino es tremendo, por si tenia alguna duda. La trama principal no es la gran cosa, son dos estafadores que, hacen lo que saben, estafan.

Pero Bielinsky maneja esto de una manera perfecta, igual que Darín y Gaston Pauls (impresionante la quimica entre los personajes).
En toda la película se nos va mostrando la 'otra cara' de Juan, desde un principio, es un boludo que estafa con un truco llamado 'La Uruguaya' en el que gana 45$, pero lo vuelve a hacer en el mismo local, porque aparenta ser un boludo. ¿Y porque aparenta? Porque en ese…

Scavenger Hunt 70 - 12/31: Argentinian film

Man just give me a movie about some con artists and some small time heists and I'm about to have a fantastic watch. I loved this, it was like a puzzle trying to figure out each character's motivation in each scene. Two con artists meet by "chance" and decide to team up for a day. By their very nature they can't be trusted, but who is conning who and will the other be able to defend against it when the time comes? Just great interplay between our two leads and the story is just right with twists and turns galore but not so much to leave you confused. It has one of those…