
Nine Queens(2000)
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".


Betty and Victor, a rather ill-matched couple, tour unobtrusively around France in their motor-home, earning their living as petty con artists, until one day they find themselves involved in an international money scam which takes them on a globe-trotting adventure.

Isabelle Huppert
Betty

Michel Serrault
Victor

François Cluzet
Maurice

Jean-François Balmer
Monsieur K

Jackie Berroyer
Robert Chatillon

Thomas Chabrol
Swiss Desk Clerk

Mony Dalmès
Signora Trotti

Jean Benguigui
Guadeloupe Gangster

Greg Germain
Chatty man
Nathalie Kousnetzoff
Blond woman
The Swindle is a comedy, crime, thriller film released in 1997 exploring themes of money transfer, briefcase, suitcase full of money, stealing money, cons and scams, petty criminal. Directed by Claude Chabrol, it stars Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet. Betty and Victor, a rather ill-matched couple, tour unobtrusively around France in their motor-home, earning their living as petty con artists, until one day they find themselves involved in an international money scam which takes them on a globe-trotting adventure.
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