Synopsis
Sticky & Square
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
2000 ‘Nueve reinas’ Directed by Fabián Bielinsky
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
Dziewiec królowych, 9 kuningatarta, Les neuf reines, 9 vasilisses, Ni dronninger, A kilenc királynő, Devet kraljica, Die neun Königinnen, Nueve Reinas, Девять королев, Devět královen, Nove Rainhas
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…
Nueve Reinas is the story of two swindlers who team up for a day of crime. This movie feels like watching a chess game and as I learned with The Queen's Gambit, I love seeing two people trying to out-smart eachother while me, a moron, I'm just completely lost and having the time of my life.
The script is full of twists and thrilling moments, it's an incredibly entertaining fast-paced movie. It doesn't matter how many times you see it, it's still surprising and fun. I always take any chance I can get to praise Ricardo Darín, here he's as fantastic as he usually is. I couldn't recommend this argentinian movie more. Just go in without knowing much and let it surprise you.
con esta pelicula me di cuenta de dos cosas:
1: que mal sonido tienen las películas argentinas no entendía ni mi propio idioma
2: como se devaluó todo cuando enfocaron un billete de $5 me largué a llorar
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…
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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.…
Loved the pervasive air of unpredictability floating around. This will keep you guessing till the very end with all the trickily unexpected events that happen and get in the way. The character work is very solid and the dialogue is nicely snappy while still maintaining decent emotional weight. Pretty impressed by how calculated the direction was with dissecting every layer and keeping track of each step with attentive detail. Fun twists and turns all around
I’ve been looking forward to rewatching this since first seeing it about two years ago - just enough time for me to forget some details but close enough to remember what’s what and who’s who.
And it’s a completely different experience second time round - but one that’s just as entertaining, maybe even more so.
I didn’t go full five-stars last time because I found it visually quite bland, but this time I realise that keeping the directorial ‘voice’ to a minimum works in its favour - it’s not the film or the filmmaker that’s being tricksy, it’s the characters.
the way i would watch ten hours more of this movie, if they just exist. it caught me SO BAD i can't help but keep on smiling.
oh, and. the absolute tenderness of juan-sebastian walking around and keeping on asking people if they remember il ballo del mattone is just amazing. anyway, i feel like i have to rewatch it right now. it's incredible.
all my homies love Darín. Muy bueno el plot twist. se me quedó la cancioncita y todo. Amo que no pierde vigencia porque este país siempre está en crisis
¿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…
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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…
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