We all love a crime caper series, and Netflix has delivered once again as the streaming giant has released Cash Queens, a new eight-part series that was produced in France.
The French-language series has been going down a storm with viewers, reaching No. 7 in the charts in the United States, while also dominating Netflix's viewing charts in countries like France, Kenya, Spain and Martinique.
The series follows a group of five friends who decide to rob a bank in order to pay off their respective debts. The group end up disguising themselves as men to pull off their heists, and make sure that they don't get caught…
© Laurent Le Crabe/NetflixThe series follows several aspiring bank robbers
Synopsis
The synopsis for the trending series reads: "When a single mum, Rosalie, learns that she and her kids will have to live on 30 euros a week in order to pay off her incarcerated husband’s debt, she concocts a plan: Rob 100,000 euros from the bank where she works as a receptionist, pay off the debt, and live happily ever after. Her best friend, the chaotic massage therapist Kim, jumps on board, hoping to use her cut to make her dream of opening a salon come true. Rosalie's cousin, Alex, demands to get in on the plan, too, contributing her skills as an architecture student to plot their plan of attack. They also recruit their friend Sofia, another single mum who's desperate for cash to fix up her house after social services came knocking. Sofia's hard to convince – her brother, Malik, is a police officer, after all – but she opts in after losing her job.
"As the foursome run through their strategy, they decide to disguise themselves with fake beards and voice modifiers to appear more intimidating. In a test run, they realise how badly they need a getaway car, and that's how Kim's client Chloé gets involved. It helps that Chloé's desperate to get time away from her husband, the town's unscrupulous mayor, Michel.
"Armed with a plan, the newly minted friend group prepares for the job. Their disguises could go a long way in concealing their identities, but do they have what it takes to pull off this – or any – heist? Or will the allure of this much money, their less-than-savoury connections to a local mob boss, and the town's corrupt leadership break them apart before they can truly become cash queens?"
© NetflixSex Education star Sami Outalbali is in the cast
Who stars in Cash Queens?
The cast is led by five incredible French actresses, Rebecca Marder (The Stranger), Zoé Marchal (Class Act), Naidra Ayadi (Black Spot), Pascale Arbillot (Lost Bullet) and Tya Deslauriers (Eat the Night).
Rounding out the cast are François Damiens (The Art of Nothing), Sami Outalbali (Sex Education), Olivier Rosemberg (Like a Prince) and Jonathan Cohen (Family Business).
© Laurent Le Crabe/NetflixFans have been loving the crime caper
Reviews
Fans have been loving the series, with one enthusing: "Worth watching. Really enjoyed every minute of it. I binge watched it in one evening. It's funny, warm and shows [a] true friendship that many of us haven't the chance to live it in real life. I can't wait for season 2."
A second added: "Cash Queens got me feeling all sorts of emotions man! I keep pausing coz the anxiety! Then the next minute I'm laughing," while a third commented: "Not me crying during the finale of Cash Queens while Bloody Samaritan was playing in the background. What a [expletive] ride!! #Netflix keep giving me more of these crime shows."
Meanwhile, a fourth said: "Cash Queens on Netflix started off annoying, but, I'm not going to lie… I was really rooting for them, and I had a good time," and a fifth posted: "By letting its characters remain flawed, fearful, and human, Cash Queens becomes something rarer than a stylish heist."
© Laurent Le Crabe/NetflixThe show is based on a real-life story
Is Cash Queens based on a true story
Cash Queens is inspired by the real-life crime gang, the Gang des Amazones. Like in the series, the group was made up of five women, and they also disguised themselves as men to carry out their heists.
The group committed their heists, robbing seven banks in total, in order to help one of the gang, who was a single mother with three children, survive, while also funding their own lives.
The group were arrested during their eighth robbery, and they were released under judicial review. After a trial that was lengthily delayed, the five women were handed suspended prison sentences, despite the fact that they could have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
