From films that show the tango culture in it's golden age (often protagonized by the greatest tango singers and dancers of the time), to modern films that use tango as a resource to tell a story, all these movies have their place in the history and development of tango as an artform.
Assassination Tango (2003): More "tango" than "assassination". An aging hit man (Robert Duvall) travels to Buenos Aires for a job and discovers the wonders of the titular dance.
This Duvall-directed film feels more like a laid-back documentary than like a story, lacking tension but featuring lots of dancing, and even more talk about dancing. Website
Tango (1998): Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story a director's quest to make the ultimate tango film.
Lonely after his wife left him, he must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience.
His creative vision is challenged by his investors when he plans a scene that recreates Argentina's dark years of political suppression and "disappearances".
Directed by Carlos Saura. Website
The Tango Lesson (1997): This beautiful movie about a film maker who abandons her hot Hollywood screenplay when she meets a seductive tango dancer.
Inspired by the writer/director/actress Sally Potter's own experience with the dancer Pablo Veron, the film brilliantly
reveals the challenges of filmmaking, the seductions of the tango, and the complexities of love.
Arrabalera (1950): The film is a great classic of Argentine cinema,
with figures like Tita Merello and Raul del Valle.
Directed by Tulio Demicheli.
Madreselva (1938): Another movie that figures among the best tango films ever done during tango's golden age in Argentina.
Includes singed songs by Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril (great stars from that times).
Directed by Luis Cesar Amadori
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