Our Last Tango :: A Film by German Kral

Our Last Tango
Un Tango Mas (original title)


A film by German Kral

"Our Last Tango“ is above all a love story. A story of love between the two most famous dancers in tango’s history. And the story of their tremendous love of tango.

María Nieves Rego (80) and Juan Carlos Copes (83) met when they were 14 and 17, and they danced together for nearly fifty years. In all those years they loved and hated each other and went through several painful separations but always got back together. No other man danced like Juan and no other woman danced like María!

Eventually, he left her for good for a woman 20 years younger with whom he fathered two children.

Now, at the end of their lives, Juan and María are willing to open up about their love, their hatred, and their passion.

In "Our Last Tango“ Juan and María tell their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, who transform the most beautiful, moving and dramatic moments of Juan and Maria’s lives into incredible tango-choreographies. These beautifully-shot choreographies compliment the soul-searching interviews and documentary moments of the film to make this an unforgettable journey into the heart of the tango.

As of June 2015, Wide House Films is looking for a distributor in the U.S.

- See more at: http://widehouse.org/film/our-last-tango/#sthash.GACwigUD.dpuf

Naked Tango :: Feature Length Film (1990) :: Starring Vincent D'Onofrio

Hmm. I never knew about this one. From 1990, the really very early days of the spread of Argentine Tango in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD9Zz1LpEas

And the Wiki page on the Zwi Migdal, another bit of history I didn't know about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwi_Migdal

IMDB for the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100222/

Plot summary: Returning by ship to South America, a young girl escapes her elderly husband by swapping places with a girl committing suicide. She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a trick to get her working in a brothel...

Fermín, glorias del tango | A new film | DVD & Rental Available

A new film from Hernan Findling and Oliver Kolker...

DVD now available: http://www.funcionaykuenta.com/#!shop/c10m8

Link to Vimeo for 24 hour rental:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fermin


Trailer:


Interview with Oliver re: Kickstarter campaign:



Interview with Oliver, en Espanol:





www.ferminlapelicula.com


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3377374/


Fermin is set primarily in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fermin Tundera (Hector Alterio) is an 85 year-old patient at a typical "third-world" public hospital being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. It has been decades since Fermin was committed to the institution yet his condition has not improved. Ezequiel Kaufman (Gaston Pauls) is a 33 year-old psychiatrist who comes on the scene to treat the difficult patient and discovers that he is only able to communicate by using the cryptic lyrics of Tango, a peculiar characteristic indeed.

We witness a wonderful doctor / patient relationship develop as we are periodically taken back in time to Fermin's younger years as one of the most popular tango dancers in 1940s Buenos Aires. In an effort to better understand his patient, the young ambitious doctor finds himself immersed in the tango world. Not only does Ezequiel find passion in this beautiful dance but also finds love when he meets Fermin's beautiful grandaughter, Eva (Antonella Costa), herself a popular tango dancer.

Fermin's condition steadily improves as we ultimately learn the reason for his peculiar illness.

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Iraqi Tango

IRAQI TANGO - Trailer from STORJA PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.

The story of the paralleling lives of a war traumatized marine and an upscale Argentinian prostitute whose worlds collide in the underground network of sex trafficking.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3298318/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Milongueros - thanks Nina P...!

I have never seen the film "Tango Bar" with Raul Julia...I see that it's available in its full length on YouTube...




However, I would offer this version of La Cumparsita as an alternative sound track...



Or this one, for a little more energy...love the staccato piano and violin picking in this version...when I used to DJ, I would usually play two or three versions of La Cumparsita as the last song...chosen from the 40 or so versions I've collected over the years...

El Ultimo Bandoneón

Marina Gayotos makes a living playing the bandoneon on buses and at various pick-up gigs. When she auditions for the tango master Rodolfo Mederos, he informs her that though she has talent, her bandoneon is too far gone to play. But if she can find a better bandoneon, she can play in his tango orchestra. This leads Marina to go on a quest for another instrument, one that takes her to instrument makers, dancers and an array of memorable characters from the tango world, all while searching for "the last bandoneón."

Thanks go to Steve @ Tejas Tango for the find - although I had seen a few people sharing the link on Facebook this past week as well.

Here is the link to view the full length film - 80 minutes long.

Note that apparently the film can't be viewed from within Argentina - I'm not sure about other countries.

You can also buy it on Amazon.com and possibly other sources.

The film was produced in 2005 and released in 2006.

Holy Shit! :: Heart Tango :: Monica Bellucci

As found on 5:45am Tango...

Monica Bellucci dancing tango!? I'm done for. A goner. Screwed. Fucked up in the head. It will take me weeks to recover from this.












Update: The music is Veronica Verdier..."Asi se baila el tango"...from the film "Take the Lead" (with Antonio Banderas)...