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Tango (1998)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 21
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Critic Reviews: 6
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Combining fiction and documentary, 66-year-old Carlos Saura directed this Spanish-Argentine dance drama with masterful camerawork by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. After his wife (Cecilia Narova) leaves him, Argentine film director Mario Suarez (Miguel Angel Sola), moves to a Buenos Aires suburb, and begins work on a film about the tango with meticulous care. At a cabaret, he encounters gangster Angelo Larroca (Juan Luis Galiardo), lover of aspiring dancer Elena Flores (Mia

PG-13, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International

Directed By: Carlos Saura

Written By: Carlos Saura

In Theaters: Aug 6, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Aug 3, 1999

Sony Pictures Classics

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Cast

Miguel �ngel Sol�
Mario Suarez
Cecilia Narova
Laura Fuentes
Mia Maestro
Elena Flores
Juan Carlos Copes
Carlos Nebbia
Julio Bocca
Himself
Juan Luis Galiardo
Angelo Larroca

Critic Reviews for Tango

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A most uninteresting and unsatisfying story pads the film between dance scenes.

November 16, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Saura aims for the Fellini masterpiece, but lacks both Fellini's playfulness and easy fusion of fantasy and reality.

November 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

You'll want to learn to tango after seeing this sumptuous movie.

December 5, 2005 Comment

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

...a movie that will appeal more to those with particular knowledge of -- and enthusiasm for -- the quintessential Argentine dance.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A sense-luscious film that conveys the passion, the exotic footwork and the sexual undertow of the tango.

March 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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Jan 2011 (with Setareh) - This is a modern musical but it gets so deep into the musical aspects and tango that it nearly loses its quality as a movie. The dancing scenes become boring and the actings are exaggerated to a level that it makes it very hard to get involved with the story and characters. The ending is however nice and appropriate.

January 14, 2011