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An argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps the nine queens. Reilly, diego luna, maggie gyllenhaal, and maeve quinlan and is a production of section eight, the production company of steven soderbergh and george clooney. By ron weiskind, postgazette movie editor david mamet might want to run out and snap up the rights for the american remake of nine queens, a movie from argentina about his favorite subject, con. In 2004, nine queens was repackaged by the hollywood remake mill, becoming the poorly received criminal, directed by gregory jacobs, and starring john c. Nine queens is a 2000 argentine crime drama film written and directed by fabian bielinsky and starring ricardo darin, gaston pauls, leticia. Deliciously twistfilled, nine queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper. Ricardo darin plays a jaded con man who adopts a younger accomplice gaston pauls as a fill in for his missing partner. Early one morning juan is pulling a billswitching scheme in an allnight.
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