Tango (dance) - Tango in Film

Tango in Film

Argentine tango is the main subject in these films:

• Adiós Buenos Aires (1938)
• The Tango Bar (1988), starring Raúl Juliá
• The Tango Lesson (1997), starring Sally Potter and Pablo Verón, directed by Sally Potter
• Tango (1998), starring Cecilia Narova and Mía Maestro, directed by Carlos Saura
• Assassination Tango (2002), starring Robert Duvall, Rubén Blades and Kathy Baker, directed by Robert Duvall
• Orquesta Tipica (2005), documentary film about typical orchestra Fernandez Fierro, directed by Nicolas Entel
• 12 Tangos – Adios Buenos Aires (2005), directed by Arne Birkenstock

A number of films show tango in several scenes, such as:

• The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936), directed by Pare Lorentz.
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, directed by Rex Ingram.
• L'amore in citta' (1953), segment "Paradise for three hours" (Paradiso per tre ore), directed by Dino Risi, starring nonprofessional actors, featuring a long sequence in a ballroom, where a passionate tango of Mario Nascimbene is played.
• Il Conformista (1970), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Dominique Sanda, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
• Last Tango in Paris (1972), starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
• The World's Greatest Lover (1977), starring Gene Wilder (who also directed), Carol Kane and Dom DeLuise.
• Death on the Nile (1978), Peter Ustinov and Olivia Hussey tango whilst David Niven is the unfortunate partner to Angela Lansbury's rather eccentric version of the dance.
• Never Say Never Again (1983), starring Sean Connery and Kim Basinger, directed by Irvin Kershner.
• Naked Tango (1990), starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Mathilda May, directed by Leonard Schrader.
• Scent of a Woman (1992), Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances Argentine Tango.
• Strictly Ballroom (1992), directed by Baz Luhrmann
• Addams Family Values (1993), Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston dance a tango so passionate that it literally burns the floor and makes all the champagne bottles in the nightclub pop their corks.
• Schindler's List (1993), starring Liam Neeson
• True Lies (1994), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tia Carrere, directed by James Cameron
• Evita (1996), Madonna and Antonio Banderas dance a ballroom tango.
• Happy Together (1997), directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Moulin Rouge! (2001), featuring Ewan McGregor and "El Tango de Roxanne"
• Le Tango Des Rashevski (2002)
• Chicago (2002), starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere, directed by Rob Marshall includes a song titled "The Cell Block Tango" and is accompanied with a dance.
• Frida (2002), Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd dance a tango to the Lila Downs performed song Alcoba Azul.
• Shall We Dance (2004), starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon, directed by Peter Chelsom.
• Madonna featured choreography inspired by the argentine tango styles for the Die Another Day section of her 2004 Re-Invention Tour. Segments of the 2005 documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret show this choreography in use.
• Rent (2005) had Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms perform a semi-elaborate ballroom tango in the song "Tango:Maureen" to describe their emotional relations and issues over a promiscuous girl they both dated.
• Mad Hot Ballroom (2005), documentary directed by Marilyn Agrelo
• Love and Other Disasters (2006), Jacks (Brittany Murphy) and Paolo (Santiago Cabrera) perform a tango together.
• Take the Lead (2006), starring Antonio Banderas, directed by Liz Friedlander
• Another Cinderella Story (2008), starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley Performed during the Black and White Ball in the scene where Mary drops her Zune
• Easy Virtue (2008), in which Jessica Biel and Colin Firth dance a tango
• Waking Life (2001), directed by Richard Linklater

Finnish tango is featured to a greater or lesser extent in the following films:

• Onnen maa (1993), starring Pertti Koivula and Katariina Kaitue, directed by Markku Pölönen.
• Levottomat (2000), starring Mikko Nousiainen and Laura Malmivaara, directed by Aku Louhimies.
• Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (1990), starring Kati Outinen, directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
• Mies vailla menneisyyttä (2002), starring Markku Peltola and Kati Outinen, directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
• Varjoja paratiisissa (1986), starring Matti Pellonpää and Kati Outinen, directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
• Kuutamolla (2002), starring Minna Haapkylä and Laura Malmivaara, directed by Aku Louhimies.
• Tango Kabaree (2001), starring Martti Suosalo and Aira Samulin, directed by Pekka Lehto.
• Minä soitan sinulle illalla (1954), starring Olavi Virta, directed by Armand Lohikoski.