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Tango

1985Movie6 min

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63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3
63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3

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A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.

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Surrealismin 88 titlesThere are portions of the film that blur the line between the movie's "reality" and what is in Mario's show and call into question just what is "real".Proscenium Revealin 243 titlesAt the end, at the big climax of Mario's show, one of Laura's stage lovers stabs her. Angelo jumps up and screams "No!"All 18 tropes

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