IMDb plot summary: Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
Directed by Fabián Bielinsky. Starring Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice, and Oscar Nuñez.
(Spoilers ahead.)
This movie has a very playful heist vibe-- well, mostly. I think it was partly the "grittier" cinematography that gave it an underlying sense of possible horrible ending. In a lot of heist movies you know that at least your main protagonist is going to, if not get away with it, get away relatively unscathed. I was less certain for the protagonist here, especially toward the end. But I should have trusted it more, because it really is a fun movie, if kind of a forgettable one.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Nine Queens > If I Forget
Nine Queens < Down With Love
Nine Queens < Mister Roberts
Nine Queens < Something to Sing About
Nine Queens > The Interpreter
Nine Queens > Last Holiday
Nine Queens > Closer
Nine Queens > The Beach
Nine Queens > The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Nine Queens > Hellboy
Nine Queens < loses to Lucky Number Slevin
Final spot: #1354 out of 3089.
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