Nueve reinas (2000)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Fabián Bielinsky

Writer:

Fabián Bielinsky (written by)

Release Date:

31 August 2000 (Argentina)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").

Plot Keywords:

Stamp | Partner | Stamp Collector | Grifter | Scam

Awards:

21 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Gastón Pauls	...	Juan
Ricardo Darín	...	Marcos
Graciela Tenenbaum	...	Convenience Store Employee
María Mercedes Villagra	...	Convenience Store Employee 2
Gabriel Correa	...	Convenience Store Manager
Pochi Ducasse	...	Aunt
Luis Armesto	...	Bar Waiter
Ernesto Arias	...	Bar Manager
Amancay Espíndola	...	Woman in Elevator
Isaac Fajm	...	Vendor
Jorge Noya	...	Aníbal
Leticia Brédice	...	Valeria
Oscar Nuñez	...	Sandler
Ignasi Abadal	...	Vidal Gandolfo
Carlos Lanari	...	Man on Cell Phone
Roberto Rey	...	Texano
Tomás Fonzi	...	Federico
Celia Juárez	...	Mrs. Sandler
Alejandro Awada	...	Washington
Antonio Ugo	...	D' Agostino
Leo Dyzen	...	Stamp Expert
Elsa Berenguer	...	Berta
Carlos Falcone	...	Berta's Lover
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle	...	Ramiro
Ulises Celestino	...	Botones
Norberto Arcusín	...	Official
Gabriel Molinelli	...	Cárdenas
Emanuel Mercado	...	Boy
Claudio Rissi	...	Spanish Voice
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rolly Serrano	...	Castrito (uncredited)

Directed by
Fabián Bielinsky		(as Fabian Bielinsky)

Writing credits
Fabián Bielinsky		(written by) (as Fabian Bielinsky)

Produced by
Pablo Bossi	....	producer

Original Music by
César Lerner		(as Cesar Lerner)

Cinematography by
Marcelo Camorino		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Sergio Zottola

Casting by
Martín Carranza
Veronica Pascual

Production Design by
Daniela Passalaqua

Art Direction by
Marcelo Salvioli

Costume Design by
Mónica Toschi

Makeup Department
Lucila Robirosa	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Cecilia Bossi	....	production manager
Pedro D'Angelo	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Hodara	....	assistant director
Damián Leibovich	....	dga trainee (as Damián Adalberto Leibovich)
Leandro Manoni	....	trainee assistant director
Veronica Pascual	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alejandro Cuevas	....	property master
María del Carmen Denti	....	trainee art assistant
Horácio Mondello	....	props
Pablo Solinas	....	trainee art assistant

Sound Department
Mario Calabrese	....	sound mixer
Vicente D'Elia	....	boom operator (as Vicente Tano D'Elia)
Maximiliano Gorriti	....	sound mixer (as Maxi Gorriti)
Maximo Pochiero	....	second boom operator
Eduardo Prus	....	sound editor
Guillermo Rodríguez	....	sound
Luciano Specos	....	sound
Osvaldo Vacca	....	head sound
Oscar Velzi	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Rubén Buelta	....	special effects
Federico Cueva	....	special effects coordinator
Rubén Santeiro	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Carlos Carreño	....	Inferno artist
Mariano Molina	....	Inferno artist

Stunts
Federico Cueva	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Aixa Arévalo	....	video assist operator (as Aixa Verónica Arévalo)
Fernando Blanc	....	second assistant camera
Marcelo Hans Bonato	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Marcelo Hans Bonatto)
Silvio Bonda	....	second electrician (as Silvio Bonda Seco)
Marcelo Camorino	....	camera operator
Segundo Cerrato	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Walter Chacón	....	still photographer
Néstor Danger Paradiso	....	assistant grip
Lucas Guardia	....	trainee assistant camera
Leandro Irurzun	....	camera runner: "c" camera
Mariano Levy	....	gaffer
Sebastián Martínez Piñeiro	....	third electrician
Matías Mesa	....	Steadicam operator
Gabriel Quevedo	....	assistant Steadicam operator
Diana Quiroga	....	first assistant camera
Emilio Razzetto	....	generator operator
Rodolfo Resch Rambo	....	first electrician
Edgardo Sardi	....	camera operator: quad cam
Jorge Torres	....	grip
Jorgelina Vera	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Fernando Viñuela	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Lucas Guidalevich	....	film recorder operator: Cineon (uncredited)
Victor Vasini	....	film recorder operator: Cineon (uncredited)

Casting Department
Pablo Pérez Giménez	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Valeria Robles	....	wardrobe assistant
Manuela Roth	....	trainee wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Beto Acevedo	....	color timer
Alex Kakowicz	....	trainee negative cutter
Walter Ríos	....	color timer
Marta Selvi	....	negative cutter
Daniel Zottola	....	assistant editor (as Daniel Zóttola)
Sebastián Zóttola	....	second assistant editor
Fernanda Gliatta	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Miguel Rur	....	music assistant

Transportation Department
Juan José Calsina	....	transportation
Hernán Cipriani	....	driver: props truck
Julio D'Amico	....	driver: cast truck
Jorge Gauna	....	driver: motor home
Fabián Martínez	....	driver
Emilio Razzetto	....	transportation
Carlos Rojas	....	transportation
José Francisco Varamo	....	driver

Other crew
Roxana Álvarez	....	production secretary
Silvio Benítez	....	making-of
Alejandro Boems Eguia	....	transfer
Martín Carranza	....	continuity
Leonardo Centeno	....	caterer
Marcelo Cheskis	....	administration staff
Mariano Cukar	....	location manager
María Claudia Diego	....	caterer
María Emilia Ferrari	....	administration staff
Agustín Ferrero	....	logistic coordinator
Raquel Flotta	....	press attache
Sandra Franco	....	administration staff
Fabián Gayoso	....	making-of
Claudio González	....	title designer
Mauro Groisman	....	production assistant
Alejandro Lanezan	....	production assistant
Victoria Nogueras	....	administration staff
Norberto Pelliccioni	....	general administrator
Dario Perticone	....	marketing
Dario Perticone	....	operative accountant
Leonardo Polesel	....	administration staff
Rodrigo Rocco	....	administration staff
Mercedes Ruboni	....	administration staff
Ariel Saúl	....	production accountant
Ignacio Spulher	....	transfer
Claudio Tarrabe	....	title designer
Flábio Trotta	....	administration staff
Loreley Unamuno	....	production trainee

Thanks
Fernanda Álvarez	....	thanks
Silvina Chaine	....	thanks
Gabriel Fainzot	....	thanks
Hugo Fainzot	....	thanks
Alicia Ianelli	....	thanks
Sergio Lamensa	....	thanks
Sol Lopatin	....	thanks
Lito Muravchik	....	thanks
Jorge Rovera	....	thanks

Production Companies

• FX Sound
• Industrias Audiovisuales Argentinas S.A.
• J.Z. & Asociados
• Kodak Argentina S.A.
• Naya Films S.A.
• Patagonik Film Group

Distributors

• Alta Classics S.L. Unipersonal (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2000) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Casa Nova Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2002) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Filmauro Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Niche Pictures (2002) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Urban Films (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (Finland) (VHS)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (Norway) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
• Soyuz Video (Russia) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Video (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Alesina & Asociados  legal services
• Bacigaluppihnos  communications
• Best Choice  action vehicles
• Estudio El Pie  sound recording studio
• FX Stunts  stunts
• La Casa Post Sound  voice casting

Also Known As:

Nine Queens (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Denmark:7 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hungary:14 | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | Poland:15 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

FX Sound

Trivia:

During the filming of the scene where Juan and Marcos run after a motorbike, Gastón Pauls fell and injured his knee and was taken to the Argerich hospital where he got four stitches.

Quotes:

Marcos: Can't you see the way she swings her ass? There are no saints.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Criminal (2004)

Soundtrack:

Il Ballo del Mattone

Scams and con artists in modern day Buenos Aires

This is one of the best whodunit's in years! The acting is great, and cleverly staged. Each individual adds more and more complexity to the storyline such that you can't discount whether or not they're crucial to the plot. The plot unweaves slowly, but evenly, adding layer on layer of innuendo, suggestion, twists, and turns that catch you off guard. No one character, or actor for that matter, overtakes any of the others. I don't think you'll get this consistency, unless Mamet directs. The downtown realism of Buenos Aires only adds to the story. It's not a shoot location we're used to seeing, and the novel setting creates an odd contrast to what we've seen come out of modern Europe. The action is well-paced, with a steady guessing, and wondering-what's-gonna-happen-next pace. I highly recommend seeing this movie before, and if, a US version is released.