Tango (1998)

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writer:

Carlos Saura (writer)

Release Date:

12 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

Tango: you never leave me

Plot:

Mario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.

Plot Keywords:

Tango | Dancer | Love | Director | Film In Film

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá	...	Mario Suárez
Cecilia Narova	...	Laura Fuentes
Mía Maestro	...	Elena Flores
Juan Carlos Copes	...	Carlos Nebbia
Carlos Rivarola	...	Ernesto Landi
Sandra Ballesteros	...	María Elman
Óscar Cardozo Ocampo	...	Daniel Stein
Enrique Pinti	...	Sergio Lieman
Julio Bocca	...	Julio Bocca
Juan Luis Galiardo	...	Angelo Larroca
Martín Seefeld	...	Andrés Castro
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle	...	Waldo Norman
Antonio Soares Junior	...	Bodyguard 1 / Dancer
Ariel Casas	...	Antonio
Carlos Thiel	...	Dr. Ramírez

Also Known As:

Tango (International: English title) (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sensuality, some disturbing images and brief language.

Runtime:

115 min | Argentina:126 min

Country:

Spain | Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Austria:6 | Norway:7 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Colombia:12 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hungary:14 | Ireland:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Peru:14 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Adela Pictures

Trivia:

Argentina's official submission for the 1998 Oscar Awards, Foreign Language film category.

Quotes:

Elena Flores: We're breaking up.
Mario Suárez: Why? If I may ask...
Elena Flores: We don't understand eachother. I'm not easy.
[laughs]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

La represión

A Knockout Dance Movie

Tango may well be the greatest dance movie ever made. Its stunning dance sequences, relentless tango music (orchestrated by Lalo Schiffrin)and throbbing sexuality place this film in a class by itself. There simply has never been anything like it. And, if you have any male hormones left and do not fall immediately head over heels in love with Mia Maestro than something is definitely wrong with you. She is what Audrey Hepburn might have been had Miss Hepburn been Latin and had a spectacular dancer's figure. But the entire cast is wonderful and the lighting and color are explosive. Go see it, then take the next plane to Buenos Aires. I did.