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Tangos Are for Two

Tangos Are for Two

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 23, 1998

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama, Music, Romance

User Score

57%

Original Title

Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando

Production Companies

Telefe, Aleph Producciones S.A., Rocabruno S.A., Aurum Producciones, Atresmedia, Lider Films, Patagonik, Buena Vista International, INCAA, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales

Director

Jaime Chávarri

Description

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