Tango


Mario, who is on the verge of a mid-life crises, drives his girlfriend away, then becomes obsessed with producing the definitive tango experience in his own tango show, and reclaiming his youth -- through a young tango dancer. He is approached by a gangster, in a tango bar while he is trying to unwind, who turns out to be one of the show backers. Like most gangsters, this one has a girlfriend and she also wants to try out for Mario's show. And what begins as a favour soon turns into an affair whose ill-timed intensity threatens both of their lives.

105 minutes.
Parental Guidance .
Drama, On the Art Circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.



Credits

Cast
Miguel Angel Sola, Cecilia Narova, Mia Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes
Director
Carlos Saura
ScreenplayCarlos Saura
MusicLalo Schifrin
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in1998
Produced byCIPA, Sony Pictures Classics, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group





Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Movies for Africa
Ian Douglas
1
Movies for Africa
Violet Jacobs
1
Cape Argus
Peter Frost
15
The Star
Janet Maslin
16
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
TV3 Screenplay
Barry Ronge
10
SAfm Saturday Wired
Alan Swerdlow
12
eye Weekly
Gemma Files
15
Box Office
Ed Scheid
12
Rough Cut
Andy Jones
8
Film Review
John Ainsworth
10

What the People say

Internet
111 Netizens
14

Average .. 54%

11

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: A real ''art'' movie - the director went to a lot of trouble to get pretty and interesting images and music. However he takes 2 hours to tell a 10 minute story, by making every second scene a tango dance. That's great if you get a kick out of watching the tango (or need free lessons) but gets a bit tedious after a while.






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