Charlot al ballo / 19145.73 voti

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

Tango Dream / 1985

Sitting at her typewriter, listening to tango music, she dreams. Buenos Aires and Montevideo are far away, a different world where, long ago, the tango came into being. A dream about dance and music, as well as about unfulfilled desire and wanderlust behind the Berlin Wall.

The Tango Singer / 2010

Helena is a talented singer in Buenos Aires. Just as she and her band get a residency at a prestigious theater in the city, the boyfriend she's mad about coldly announces that he doesn't love her any more. The film is punctuated by intense bursts of tango. Every song moves the story along, providing an insight into the characters and access to the protagonist's feelings: nostalgia, passion, sadness, and joy in turn. The lyrical and musical wealth of tango, brilliantly performed by Eugenia Ramírez Miori, unites the two stories, past and present. 'La cantante de tango' is a poignant auteur film about a woman trying to get back on her feet after a devastating break-up.

Swedish Tango / 1999

About an old couple in northern Sweden who discovered the love of tango and attended a dance course. During the four-month filming, the camera not only watched her painstaking attempts to learn the difficult steps, but also ups and downs of her everyday life.

Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla / 2017

The story of two friends who met on the eve of their fiftieth birthday: musician Astor Piazzolla and architect José Pons. They never imagined that their friendship would change their lives forever.

When the Night Goes Tango / 2000

Tango: Our Dance / 1988

Documentary filmed in Buenos Aires that shows the importance of tango for Argentines, with dance scenes, voiceovers and interviews with professionals but also with other anonymous characters who find their form of expression in this music. The film was shot at a time of tango revival around the world.

Stolen Tangos / 2002

In Paris, a young Argentine screenwriter attempts to escape his daily routine through a fictional story set in Argentina. This attracts the attention of those around him, including Alice, a young actress. But his story gradually escapes him and he becomes inextricably entangled in dreams and reality.

Tango glaciale / 1983

The New Tango / 1973

The New Tango (El Nuevo Tango) was not shown in Argentina for a long time as it deals with the ascent of Argentinean president Hector Campora in May 1973, and features Cuban and Chilean presidents, Osvaldo Dorticos and Salvador Allende. A million people gathered on the Plaza de Mayo to acclaim the new President. One of Cámpora's first presidential actions was a granting of amnesty to political prisoners who where jailed during the dictatorship. On 28 May Argentina restored diplomatic relations with Cuba, which then received Argentine aid - such as food and industrial products - to break the United States embargo against Cuba.

The Last Tango / 2013

The story revolves around a 34-year old, workaholic detective who is burnt out, having immersed himself in an investigation involving the ruthless murder of nine girls. He managed to capture the killer, but his emotions get the better of him, possibly jeopardising the trial. His boss sends him away to cool down, and he ends up in a small town in the middle of the Karoo. Here, he meets a passionate and beautiful woman who is dying of cancer. His only goal is to fight boredom until he is allowed to resume his detective duties, while her dying wish is to dance one last tango before her life is over. He reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile the murderer wakes from his sedation and puts his plan for revenge into motion

Tango Advice / 1932

A 1932 Argentinian film by Luis Moglia Barth.

A Tango for You / 1930

Jimmy Bolt, a singer and dancer (and occasionally as a waiter) works at a varieté. The man may be talented, but he’s not exactly a big success, and things get complicated when a young orphan girl falls in love with the voice of another singer but then mistakes Bolt for him…

Tango of Death / 1981

Experimental film.

Tango on a Visit /

Five young dancers are obsessed with tango, far from its homeland Argentina: in the Black Forest. Helena, Susanna, Christian, Joscha and Ruben are all single. Their all-consuming passion is a dance with rigid gender roles and hierarchical rules. How does this conflict with modern, everyday life? How are relationships and the longing for a partner affected by the tango life? "Tango on a Visit" unmasks the unique subculture and the emotional conflicts which are normally hidden behind the elegant spectacle of the erotic dance.

Cards on the Table: The Great Flood and the Tango no. 3 / 1984

In 1959, Luan is appointed Commander of the Great Flood Operations and of Binh Duong's Security Corps, with full authority to stabilize this province. The Liaison Department of the Republic of Vietnam, under the support of the United States, send commandos to North Vietnam for reconnaissance. If the commandos successfully infiltrate, they will respond to South Vietnam with a tango. Tango No. 1 and Tango No. 2 have failed. What will become of the third tango?

Kri Kri e il tango / 1913

Couples are shown frantically dancing the tango.

The Cumparsita; the Uruguayan Tango / 2004

This is the story of the “Anthem of the Tangos”, the most emblematic tango of all time. We are taken through the story of The Cumparsita, from its creation, its debut at La Giralda, the first recordings, the legal debates and world repercussions of this tango that transcends its creator and its time. Thanks to documents and the memories of members of his family, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, the author, ceases to be just a signature at the bottom of a sheet of music and comes alive as a bohemian, elegant, talented man full of mysteries and with a dark side as well.

Mango Tango / 2009

In this dark, romantic comedy, a shy but stunning New York City tango teacher dreams about finding her soul mate. Instead, her boyfriends are increasingly neurotic and unstable. But when she meet a psychotherapist in Central Park, everything changes.