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Yira, yira

Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Yira, yira", tango composed and written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Naked Tango

When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.

Assassination Tango

John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango.

Tango Shalom

When a Tango dancer asks a Rabbi to enter a dance competition, there’s one big problem—due to his Orthodox beliefs, he’s not allowed to touch her! But the prize money would save his school from bankruptcy, so they develop a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, and the bonds of family and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time in this lighthearted fable.

Immigration Tango

When Elena, a Russian immigrant studying in Miami and Carlos her Columbian boyfriend run out of legal options for staying in the U.S. the couple switch partners with Betty and Mike, an American couple who are also their best friends. All is well until the stress of keeping up appearances to their family members and a savvy immigration enforcement agent eventually begins to take its toll.

The Tango Lesson

On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.

Tango

A dangerous love affair inspires a director to create the most spectacular and boldly seductive dance film ever made. 1998 Oscar Nominee Best Foreign Language Film.

Tango One

Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.

Two to Tango

Jim Conrad, a reluctant hitman, is ordered to Buenos Aires to complete one last contract. The task becomes complicated when the intended victim proves to be a well-protected man accompanied by a beautiful mistress who has caught Conrad's eye.

Tangos Are for Two

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by

San Telmo Tapes

Portrays the misunderstandings, losses and shipwrecks of the past of an unusual character who walks the streets of San Telmo forced to build a new identity.

I Tita, A Life of Tango

A portrait of the life of Tita Merello, famous Argentinian singer and actress.

Let the Dance Begin

The reunion of three friends, among tango, dance, music and the opportunity of a trip that will take them as in their good old days to travel the route of the country.

Dead Girls Don't Tango

Police inspector must stop a serial killer who dances tango with his victims before strangling them.

The Boy Who Never Tangoed

A coming-of-age story written and directed by two 17 year olds about an awkward loner high school boy who, in an attempt to win the heart of a girl, embarks on a comedic journey as he strives to become a stand-up comedian within a mere week, following the footsteps of his Idol, Wolfe. B Collins. With the talent show looming on Friday, he must prepare to deliver the performance of a lifetime.

Mango Tango

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.

The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango

Constance Bailey is a no-nonsense detective who prefers to work alone. When a high-profile CEO is murdered on the eve of his company’s corporate event in Malta – a high-stakes ballroom competition between senior executives – Detective Bailey is sent undercover as one of the contestants. The only problem? She can’t dance. To convincingly compete, she must team up with charismatic and free-spirited performer Sebastian Moore. But with a killer on the loose and a growing list of suspects, it’s going to take more than a little fancy footwork to solve this case.

Astor Piazzolla: tango nuevo

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the tango. By breaking with the codes of traditional tango, he brought this popular Argentine music from dance floors to concert halls around the world and is now recognized as a major composer of the 20th century. From numerous unpublished private archives, the voices of Astor and his children paint a unique portrait of this complex man.

Ariel

Argentina-born siblings unearth family secrets when they return to their birth country to dance tango.

Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.

Tango Bar

Ricardo Fuentes (Carlos Gardel) leaves Buenos Aires after loosing in horse races to go to Barcelona, where he plans to open a tango bar, a new concept of tango dance show and dance saloon. On the ship he meets Laura Montalván (Rosita Moreno) who happens to be a thief working with a thief pal. Ricardo watches them robbing a lady's bracelet aboard but decides not to report them because he has fallen in love with Laura. Once in Barcelona, he opens the tango bar but Laura's partner tells him he sold the bracelet and now needs to recover it to avoid both Laura and him going to jail.

Así cantaba Carlos Gardel

A film that brings together ten of the fifteen shorts that Carlos Gardel filmed in 1930 under the direction of Eduardo Morera, in the film studios of the pioneer Federico Valle.

La vida es un tango

Romance - with its ruptures and reunions - between a girl and a boy who want to succeed with the tango.

La historia del tango

The director of a tango set is in love with the singer but she marries another man who eventually abandons her. In their old age, their children will fulfill their dreams.

El astro del tango

Accidental meeting between a pop-music superstar and a politician's daughter turns into a big romance... but class distinctions, and scandal in the family.

¡Tango!

¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.

The Tango Singer

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.

The Tango Returns to Paris

Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.

El tango de la muerte

A woman driven by misery to a path of degradation until the inexorable end of which the tango symbolizes, at the same time, her condemnation and her liberation.

La doctora quiere tangos

Luisa Soler, a young and wealthy lawyer, travels to the province of Buenos Aires with her aunt Totona and there she meets a humble composer of tangos, Martín Salazar. The meeting between them creates confusion for his girlfriend and, after several moments of tension and strong arguments, Martin asks Luisa to clarify the situation with her fiancée. But when the lawyer decides to do something, it changes for both of them. Both realize that they love each other and that, beyond the different lives they lead, they will fight to be together.

Así es el tango

Two unfaithful husbands have to win their wives back while they take their revenge on them by going out with other people.

Café de los maestros

Coffee Masters is a documentary by Miguel Kohan, produced by Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla and Walter Salles. It tells the story of great tango of the old guard who, summoned by a rock musician, proposing a record to demonstrate its validity. This adventure, full of memories, humor and poignant moments, culminating with a presentation of the Masters at the Teatro Colon.

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