Tango (1998 film)

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Tango
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Saura
Screenplay byCarlos Saura
Produced byCarlos Mentasti
Luis A. Scalella
StarringMiguel Ángel Solá
Mía Maestro
Juan Luis Galiardo
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited byJulia Juaniz
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
companies
Adela Pictures
Alma Ata International Pictures
Argentina Sono Film
Astrolabio Producciones
Distributed byLíder Films (Argentina)
Warner Bros. (Spain)
Release dates
  • 6 August 1998 (1998-08-06) (Argentina)
  • 25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) (Spain)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Spain
LanguageSpanish
BudgetUS$4.6 million
Box officeUS$1.6 million (US)[1]

Tango (

musical drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura and starring Miguel Ángel Solá and Mía Maestro. It was photographed by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
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Plot

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Angelo asks Mario to audition Elena. He does so and is immediately captivated by her. Eventually, he takes her out of the chorus and gives her a leading role. An affair develops between them, but the possessive Angelo has her followed and threatens her with dire consequences if she leaves him, mirroring Mario's own feelings and actions towards Laura before Elena entered his life.

The investors are unhappy with some of Mario's dance sequences. They don't like a routine that criticizes the violent military repression and torture of the past. Angelo has been given a small part, which he takes very seriously. The lines between fact and fiction begin to blur: during a scene in the musical showing immigrants newly arrived in Argentina, two men fight over the character played by Elena. She is stabbed. Only slowly do we realize that her death is not real.

Cast

Production

Tango was shown out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Accolades

Wins

  • 1998 -
    Goya Award
    for Best Sound.
  • 1998 - Grand Prix Technique de la CST (Vittorio Storaro) at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
  • 1998 -
    San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
    for Best Foreign Language Film

Nominations

Home media

Tango was issued on DVD by Sony Pictures in August 1999, in Spanish with English subtitles.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tango at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Tango". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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