Nueve reinas (2000)

Regista:

Fabián Bielinsky

Sceneggiatore:

Fabián Bielinsky (written by)

Data di uscita:

31 agosto 2000 (Argentina)

Genere:

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:

Long Con | Argentina | Big Con | Buenos Aires Argentina | Old Woman

Premi:

21 wins & 8 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

The Best "Con Caper" in Years

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
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Rolly Serrano	...	Castrito (uncredited)

Regia di
Fabián Bielinsky		(as Fabian Bielinsky)

Scritto da
Fabián Bielinsky		(written by) (as Fabian Bielinsky)

Prodotto da
Pablo Bossi	....	producer

Musiche originali di
César Lerner		(as Cesar Lerner)

Fotografia di
Marcelo Camorino		(director of photography)

Montaggio di
Sergio Zottola

Responsabile casting
Martín Carranza
Veronica Pascual

Scenografie di
Daniela Passalaqua

Architetto-scenografo
Marcelo Salvioli

Costumi di
Mónica Toschi

Trucco
Lucila Robirosa	....	makeup artist

Direttore di produzione
Cecilia Bossi	....	production manager
Pedro D'Angelo	....	production manager

Aiuto regista
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

Sonoro
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

Effetti speciali
Rubén Buelta	....	special effects
Federico Cueva	....	special effects coordinator
Rubén Santeiro	....	special effects

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

Controfigure
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

Altro personale
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)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• 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)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Niche Pictures (2002) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• 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)
• Urban Films (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 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

Alias:

Nine Queens (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Nove regine (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Durata:

114 min

Nazionalità:

Argentina

Lingua:

Spagnolo

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:M | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-11 | 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

Luoghi delle riprese:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

FX Sound

Curiosità:

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.

Citazioni:

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

Movie Connections:

Rifatto come Criminal (2004)

Colonna sonora:

Il Ballo del Mattone

The Best "Con Caper" in Years

This is a very well-done movie. The writing, acting and direction are all right on target with all contributing to the story without distraction. The direction is very evenly paced with no sags in the middle, but without the constant sensory overload that seems to be the Hollywood norm in this genre.

The story reminded me of the "The Sting" in subject matter and quality. The movie keeps you guessing as to who will end up with the money and how they will get to it.

I highly recommend this movie.