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The new French crime thriller follows five women who take on a daring bank heist
The French drama may seem far-fetched, but it was actually inspired by real events (Image: Netflix )
Everything you need to know about the inspiration behind Netflix’s Cash Queens
- Netflix is currently streaming a brand new crime thriller about five women who take on a daring bank robbery, but what’s the inspiration behind the drama? Cash Queens landed on the streaming platform on February 5, with eight episodes ready to binge watch this weekend.
- It follows Rosalie (Rebecca Marder), a single mum who learns that she must live on €30 per week in order to pay off her jailed husband’s debts. Struggling for solutions, Rosalie decides to steal €100,000 from the bank where she works as a receptionist.
- When her best friend Kim (Zoé Marchal) catches wind of the plan, she gets involved in hopes she can start a massage therapy business with her share. The women go on to recruit three more members for the ‘Cash Queens’ gang and kickstart their heist.
- They skilfully disguise themselves as men in order to dodge suspicion, but the heist soon attracts the attention of politicians, the police, and gangsters. It may shock Netflix viewers that this thrilling story is actually based on a real group of female robbers.
- According to Tudum, the series was inspired by the Gang des Amazones, five women who robbed seven banks in the South of France in the lates 1980s. They infamously masqueraded as men by wearing wigs and fake moustaches.
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