"Nine Queens"Swinder's black comedy movie about an experience indebted con-man (Marcos) teaming with a rookie con-man (Juan) for the day to swindle some grannies and coffee shops, when he gets tipped off by an old partner of the biggest con of their time: a wanted wealthy man who happens to be a stamp collector is taking refugee inside Marco sister's hotel. It has a counterfeit sheet of some rare stamps called "Nine Queens" that are worth over a million dollars ....Marcos takes the job , but there's catches to everything when in business with a swindler , and as other people hear of the con, they want a piece of the cut too. From bike thieves, crooked cops, dimwitted crime partners, crooked stamp verifier, attempts to hustle old ladies who have the real stamps, a sister and brother fighting over inheritance custody, the stamp collector horny addiction to his sister, to a bounced check ... This movie comes full circle and is a well-constructed, highly thought out swindle movie9.5/10

In Buenos Aires, the swindler Juan (Gastón Pauls) cheats the cashier of a convenience store with a bill-changing scam observed by Marcos (Ricardo Darín). Then Juan tries to lure the cashier on the next shift but he is caught by the manager. Marcos claims to be a police officer and arrests Juan; he also brings the money claiming to be evidence. Sooner Juan learns that Marcos is actually an experienced con artist and he invites Juan to be his partner in a scheme.They head to a five-star hotel where Marcos meets his estranged sister Valeria (Leticia Brédice) in the reception. She tells that Marco's friend Sandler (Oscar Nuñez ) is very ill and wants to talk to him in the locker room. Sandler explains that he had forged a sheet of the valuable stamps Nueve Reinas using a picture he took from the collection that belongs to his sister. He also tells that the Spaniard Vidal Gandolfo (Ignasi Abadal) that is lodged in the hotel is a collector of stamps and will travel on the next morning. Therefore, the stamps should be negotiated on that day. Marcos distributes percentages to a network of swindlers to work with him but there are too many con artists in action luring each other."Nueve Reinas" is one of the most entertaining Argentinean film that I have ever seen and the film that introduced the great actor Ricardo Darín to the Brazilian audiences. I saw this film for the first time many years ago and today I have just seen it again with my family and friends.The story seems to be inspired in "The Sting" (1973) or "The Spanish Prisoner" (1997), with sophisticated entwined schemes where the viewer never knows who is conning whom. My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Nove Rainhas" ("Nine Queens")

Nine Queens was undoubtedly one of the best thrillers i have seen in recent years.It has all the ingredients for a good movie.It has Good story,neat screenplay and excellent acting.I don't want to write even a single bit of a story in my review because its worth watching it,even without reading the plot.It is such a lovely movie where 2 hrs of your time will pass just like that.I didn't even get bored for a single moment.Hats off to the director Fabien Bielinsky for writing this wonderful script and executing it with panache.As far as acting is concerned, Ricardo Darin was excellent and Gausto Pauls was simply superb.The other artists also performed their roles well.Camera-work and background score was nice.So what are you waiting for go ahead and watch this movie.

Nueve Reinas is a phenomenal movie having to do with two Argentinean men who earn their money by conning people in shops and on the streets. The two men stumble upon each other one day and decide to work together for the rest of the day. This day turns out to be the day in which they could make the most money they have ever brought in. Whilst dealing with the reality of the dangers that exist on the streets of Argentina, the director allows the audience to see a more comedic side of things by entangling the con-men in unexpected situations. Throughout the film we meet several incredibly entertaining characters who have extremely peculiar relationships and encounters with the two con-men. The acting of all the characters, together with the circumstances they find themselves in, are great aspects which make this movie thoroughly enjoyable. Furthermore, the director includes very amusing dialogue between characters as well as adding discrete lines and comments which make it cleverly comedic. All these aspects go without mentioning the different twists and turns which can only be revealed by watching the movie itself.