Tango (1998 film)
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Directed by | Carlos Saura |
Screenplay by | Carlos Saura |
Produced by | Carlos Mentasti Luis A. Scalella |
Starring | Miguel Ángel Solá Mía Maestro Juan Luis Galiardo |
Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
Edited by | Julia Juaniz |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Líder Films (Argentina) Warner Bros. (Spain) |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | Argentina Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Budget | US$4.6 million |
Box office | US$1.6 million (US)[1] |
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Plot
In
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
- Miguel Ángel Solá as Mario Suárez
- Mía Maestro as Elena Flores
- Cecilia Narova as Laura Fuentes
- Juan Luis Galiardo as Angelo Larroca
- Juan Carlos Copes as Carlos Nebbia
- Carlos Rivarolaas Ernesto Landi
- Sandra Ballesteros as María Elman
- Óscar Cardozo Ocampo as Daniel Stein
- Enrique Pinti as Sergio Lieman
- Julio Bocca as Julio Bocca
- Martín Seefeld as Andrés Castro
Production
Tango was shown out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Accolades
Wins
- 1998 - Goya Awardfor Best Sound.
- 1998 - Grand Prix Technique de la CST (Vittorio Storaro) at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
- 1998 - San Diego Film Critics Society Awardsfor Best Foreign Language Film
Nominations
- 1998 - Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]
- 1998 - Golden Globe Awardfor Best Foreign Language Film.
Home media
Tango was issued on DVD by Sony Pictures in August 1999, in Spanish with English subtitles.
See also
- List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Tango at Box Office Mojo
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Tango". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
External links
- Tango - Carlos Saura - 1998 on YouTube. Video duration 1h 55m 00s. Uploader Escuela De Tango De Monterrey, 2021. Complete Spanish spoken film, with English subtitles.
- Tango at IMDb
- Tango at Rotten Tomatoes
- Tango at AllMovie
- Tango at the cinenacional.com (in Spanish)