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"Nine Queens"
2000
Directed by Fabian Bielinsky

Nothing is what it seems in this unpredictable film about a veteran thief who enlists a young con artist to assist him in a high-stakes scam involving rare stamps. The involvement of the sexy sister of one of the thieves adds more layers to a game of constant twists and turns. "Directed with tensile voyeuristic flair by Fabian Bielinsky, Nine Queens is a caper movie with an implicit, despairing vision of Argentina, yet its ambience of authenticity works on pure edge-of-the-moment dramatic terms as well" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly). Starring Ricardo Darin, Gaston Pauls and Leticia Bredice. Spanish with English subtitles. 115 minutes.