Nine Queens
Crime • R • 2000 • 1 hr 54 min
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Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice, Gabo Correa, Pochi Ducasse
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Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
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