Released in 2000, was an innovative and fresh air to Argentine cinema, its director and screenwriter, Fabian Bielinsky is a case exceptional unfortunately died at age 47, just days after having received 6 awards statuettes Silver Condor for his second and last film entitled The Aura (2005).
The film tells the story of two con artists, Marcos (Ricardo Darin) and Juan (Gaston Pauls), who spend their days roaming the streets of Buenos Aires in search of new opportunities to earn money to survive through the most simple and ingenious methods of cheating. Marcos observes Juan in one of their scams and sees potential to adopt it as his apprentice, shortly after a chance encounter in their lives, English defrauding a stamp collector by selling counterfeit Nine Queens (stamps from the Weimar Republic).
This movie reminded me of a couple of releases in 1997, The Game (David Fincher) and The English Prisoner (David Mamet), with stories where the plot twists and turns they reach a final unexpected, which keeps the viewer with changes in heart rhythm and building different scenarios, of which most likely all be absurd in the end.
notable is the performance of Ricardo Darin, the main actor of the two Argentine film director, who has established his acting career over the years. It is well worth following his films, which you know and recommend are: The Son of the Bride (2001), Luna de Avellaneda (2004), The Aura (2005) and XXY (2007).
The film tells the story of two con artists, Marcos (Ricardo Darin) and Juan (Gaston Pauls), who spend their days roaming the streets of Buenos Aires in search of new opportunities to earn money to survive through the most simple and ingenious methods of cheating. Marcos observes Juan in one of their scams and sees potential to adopt it as his apprentice, shortly after a chance encounter in their lives, English defrauding a stamp collector by selling counterfeit Nine Queens (stamps from the Weimar Republic).
This movie reminded me of a couple of releases in 1997, The Game (David Fincher) and The English Prisoner (David Mamet), with stories where the plot twists and turns they reach a final unexpected, which keeps the viewer with changes in heart rhythm and building different scenarios, of which most likely all be absurd in the end.
notable is the performance of Ricardo Darin, the main actor of the two Argentine film director, who has established his acting career over the years. It is well worth following his films, which you know and recommend are: The Son of the Bride (2001), Luna de Avellaneda (2004), The Aura (2005) and XXY (2007).
here leave the trailer for the film.
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