The new Netflix show follows five women who set out to rob a bank
Cash Queens has just eight episodes (Image: Netflix )
Netflix has just dropped a new crime thriller perfect for your weekend binge-watch session.
Cash Queens or Les Lionnes follows five women who take on a daring money heist, led by single mum Rosalie.
When she realises that her family has to live on just €30 a week in order to pay off her incarcerated husband’s debt, Rosalie comes up with a plan.
She sets out to rob €100,000 from the bank where she works as a receptionist. Her best friend Kim soon catches wind of the heist and jumps on board, hoping to use her share to open a massage therapy salon.
Rosalie’s cousin, Alex, also joins in and uses her skills as an architecture student to perfect their plan.
They later recruit Sofia, another desperate single mum in need of cash before social services hunt her down. And their final member is Kim’s client Chloé, who is married to the town’s shady mayor.
The newfound friend group then take on the tricky heist, cleverly disguised as men. However, “it’s not long before politicians, police, and gangsters are on their tails, scarcely imagining that a group of ordinary women are behind this band of mercenaries,” states the synopsis.
Its ensemble cast is led by Rebecca Marder, who plays leading lady Rosalie. She is joined by Zoé Marchal as Kim, Naidra Ayadi as Sofia, Pascale Arbillot in the role of Chloé and Tya Deslauriers as Alex.
While the French drama’s plot seems far-fetched, it is actually inspired by a gang of robbers from the late eighties.
According to Tudum: “The series is inspired by the Gang des Amazones, five women who robbed seven banks in the South of France starting in 1989. “
The women famously disguised themselves as men by wearing wigs and fake moustaches.
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Since the eight-episode series premiered last night (February 5), it hasn’t received many reviews just yet. However, Screen Rant described it as a ‘must watch’.
Entertainment publication Gazettely also shared a thoughtful review, writing: “Cash Queens provides a sharp look at economic desperation. It replaces heist glamour with the frantic reality of survival.”
The review continued, praising the show’s plot device of masculine disguises as “biting commentary on the invisibility of working-class women”.
“This production represents a shift in streaming content toward stories prioritizing character depth over spectacle. It succeeds as a grounded portrait of resistance against a system designed to ignore the poor,” they concluded.
Cash Queens is streaming now on Netflix