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Synopsis: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario 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. Things become complicated when Mario falls in love with Elena, a beautiful and talented young dancer who is the girlfriend of the powerful and dangerous Angelo Larroca, an investor in the picture. And Mario's creative vision is challenged by his investors when he plans a scene that recreates Argentina's dark years of political suppression and "disappearances".
Genre: Drama, Musical
Director(s): Carlos Saura
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
PG-13
Year:
1998
115 min
419 Views


50% of your show?

- I put up the money.

- What about Alex and Fontan?

They're in on it too.

But as I told you, I'm in control.

Don't look so glum.

- I didn't realize that.

- I'm not your enemy.

I'm a big fan of your work.

What I'm going to ask you...

is perfectly normal.

I'm in love with a girl.

She's wild about dancing.

I think she's talented.

I'd give my life for her.

You understand me?

Of course.

That's her, over there...

dancing with the old man.

He's my father.

Your father's a pro.

Let's say, as good as one.

But I didn't inherit his talent.

All I'm asking for is...

an audition for her.

No favoritism.

I won't put any pressure on you.

It's a deal.

She can come by the studio

at 11:
00 a.m. Tomorrow.

Let's do the same as yesterday.

Separate the men and the women.

The women, this side, OK?

- Later they'll mingle.

- OK. Can I start?

Yes, and don't stop.

Hello. How are you?

To your places.

Girls on this side.

Boys on that side.

We'll do a basic eight-beat step.

Ready, Maestro?

Five, six, seven, eight...

Very good.

The eight in 16 beats.

Five, six, seven, eight...

A double sentada in 16 beats.

Sentada!

Lmagine you're holding a boy

in your arms. You too!

Girls, put some joy into it!

Some love, some spice!

A double hook, in 16 beats.

Very good.

Now we'll do...

the double hook...

then the parada.

First the voleo in eight beats.

Now the parada in 16.

Form a circle.

Now we'll do...

Move counterclockwise.

Now we'll practice...

the basic step...

the double hook...

the voleo, the parada...

and the finale in 16 beats.

Make the girls sit more.

I want to see one body

with four legs!

Let's see some joy!

- What do you think?

- Brilliant!

He's marvelous!

We've found a clip of Tita Merello.

- And Mercedes Simone?

- We're trying.

The little there is

in bad shape.

The best we found on her

is a movie from 1932 or 1933.

Called Tango.

- You've seen it?

- Sure.

It had Tita Merello,

Libertad Lamarque...

Azucena Maizani and Simone.

What a foursome!

What a cast!

See you in five minutes.

I'll be in the shop.

- Fine.

- Do you like it?

Some things need fixing...

What?

- How are you?

- Fine.

- Congratulations.

- Thanks.

Laura, can I talk to you?

Forgive me?

I don't know what came over me.

You know I couldn't harm anyone.

I don't know.

It'll never happen again.

I swear it!

All right. It's forgotten.

What you're doing is fabulous!

- Really?

- Fabulous!

Thanks.

Mario, excuse me.

I want to take a shower.

I'm tired.

He wants to dance with you.

- No, with you.

- No, you!

- I don't dare.

- No, go on!

Not bad.

Very good. You've gotten better.

Don't overdo it.

That's enough. Thanks.

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Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. His name, with those of Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, forms a triad of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. A great numbers of his films have won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentaries shorts. He quickly gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura quickly switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolisms in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film La Caza won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. By the 1970s, Saura was the best known filmmaker working in Spain. His films employed complex narrative devices and were frequently controversial. He won Special Jury Awards for La Prima Angélica (1973) and Cría Cuervos (1975) in Cannes; and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 1979 for Mama Cumple 100 Años. In the 1980s, Saura was in the spotlight for his Flamenco trilogy – Bodas de Sangre, Carmen and El Amor Brujo. He continued to appear in worldwide competitions earning numerous awards, and received another two Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nominations, for Carmen (1983) and Tango (1998). His films are sophisticated expression of time and space fusing reality with fantasy, past with present and memory with hallucination. In the last two decades, Saura has concentrated on works uniting music, dance and images. more…

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