Tango Inspirations
Movies with scenes of tango dance, music, relationship, or tango-inspired themes, or are associated with Buenos Aires.
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- DirectorSally PotterStarsSally PotterPablo VerónMorgane MaugranA scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer.
- DirectorRobert DuvallStarsRobert DuvallLuciana PedrazaRubén BladesAn aging hitman gets a contract to kill a General in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But when his mark becomes unavailable, he becomes involved in Argentinian tango culture.
- DirectorMarcos ZurinagaStarsRaul JuliaValeria LynchRubén JuárezA fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved.
- DirectorGerman KralStarsMaría Nieves RegoJuan Carlos CopesJohana CopesThe life and love story of Argentina's famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart.
- DirectorCaroline NealStarsCésar SalgánHoracio SalgánAn intimate portrait of legendary tango pianist Horacio Salgan and his son Cesar, also a pianist and race car driver, who are forced to live together after an 18-year estrangement.
- DirectorMiguel KohanStarsAníbal AriasErnesto BaffaEmilio BalcarceInterviews with the musicians and singers from Argentina's golden days of Tango.
- DirectorMercedes García GuevaraStarsLa ChicanaFernando OteroLas MuñecasDocumentary about the new generation of tango composers, interpreters and dancers.
- DirectorDaniel Rivas
- DirectorFernando E. SolanasStarsMarie LaforêtPhilippe LéotardMiguel Ángel SoláSome Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
- DirectorJorge ZanadaStarsEstela ArcosEleonora BerlanteJulio BoccaImpressionistic look at the tango in Argentina, mixing dance sequences with interviews, archival footage, and atmospheric fictional scenes. The narrative discusses tango's place in Argentine identity, its decline in the 1950s, attempts in the 1980s to revive it, differences between the tango in Argentina and in other countries, its healing properties, the distinctive roles of man and woman in the dance, and contrasts between professional and amateur styles. The archival footage includes some of the mid-twentieth century's best known dancers.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungTony Leung Chiu-waiChang ChenA couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.