Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 08/13/2000(Argentina),
Release Date: 10/01/2002
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: Espanol
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Argentine filmmaker
Fabian Bielinsky makes his directorial debut with this taut
crime thriller about a stamp and con artists on the make. The film opens with low-rent hustler
Juan (
Gaston Pauls) trying to scam the workers in a convenience store when
Marcos (
Ricardo Darin) steps in to arrest him. In truth,
Marcos is veteran con himself and the two split the money after fleeing the scene. Soon after,
Marcos asks
Juan to be his partner in a series of small-time jobs. When
Juan gets a message from his sister, the two head to the tony hotel where she works. There they try to pull off a big con that was initially planned by an aging criminal too ill to do it. The swindle centers around a fantastically accurate forgery of a rare stamp called the Nine Queens. As the two doggedly try to set up the deal, mobsters and the like learn of the job and try to horn in. This film was screened at the
2001 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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