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The tango lesson / Adventure Pictures ; produced by Christopher Sheppard ; written and directed by Sally Potter.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Tango (Dance)--Drama.
- Tango (Dance).
- Dancers--Drama.
- Dancers.
- European Films.
- 1990s.
- Latin American Films.
- Tango.
- Romantic relationships.
- Dance performances.
- Local Subjects:
- European Films.
- 1990s.
- Latin American Films.
- Tango.
- Romantic relationships.
- Dance performances.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Performance
- Film:Drama
- Film:Romance
- Dance:Tango
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (102 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 1997.
- Language Note:
- In English, Spanish, and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Written and directed by Sally Potter (Orlando), The Tango Lesson is the story of a filmmaker, Sally (Sally Potter), who becomes dissatisfied with her latest screenplay (vividly illustrated in luscious color) and stumbled upon an Argentinean tango dancer (Pablo Veron). She places herself under Pablo's tutelage and together they explore their spiritual and artistic connections. It soon becomes clear that they want very different things from each other. Pablo's raw examination of the artist's struggle for authenticity, set against the human frailties of ego, lust and insecurity, makes for a tense drama - beautifully photographed in black and white and set in Paris and Buenos Aires.
- Participant:
- Sally Potter, Pablo Veron, Carlos Copello, Fabián Salas, Gustavo Naveira, Carolina Iotti.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 7, 2017).
- Nominated 1998 BAFTA Awards, Best Film not in the English Language
- Won 1997 National Board of Review, Special Recognition, Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
- Won 1997 Mar del Plata Film Festival, Best Film, International Competition
- Won 1998 American Choreography Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
- OCLC:
- 981566169
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