Nine Queens

Forget all the stereotypes about foreign flicks. If there’s a movie that proves high action and subtitles can work, this is it. We’re not talking about shoot-em-up, crash-and-bash action, but brisk high drama along the lines of Hitchcock and Mamet. Nine Queens is scripted in a mix of Argentinian argot and Castillian Spanish–so even our fluent publisher had to resort to sight-reading. But the beautiful cinematography, flawless acting, and the gothic perfection of the plot speak the international language of film. Set in Buenos Aires, this Argentinian blockbuster stars Ricardo Dar’n as a practiced confidence man who stumbles into the deal of a lifetime. But the resulting whodunnit involves so many other competing con artists that the ending doesn’t really stick until the credits have rolled. Uptown Theater, 1320 Lagoon Ave., (612) 825-6006