Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- passionate
- sensual
- melancholic
- dance film night
- international cinema evening
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film's impressive tango performances and visual spectacle, while finding its dramatic material uneven.
What sets it apart
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Mario's attempt to create an ultimate tango film structures the performers' stories and the production's conflicts.
Tango numbers express desire, rivalry, artistic freedom, and historical trauma within Mario's production.
Mario's planned recreation of Argentina's political suppression and disappearances challenges investors and gives the musical material historical weight.
Mario's vision is challenged by investors, including the dangerous Angelo Larroca, over the film's content and direction.
Films like Tango, and why
The Tango Lesson
shared tango-centered musical drama, theatrical performance, and romantic entanglement
All That Jazz
shared dance spectacle, artistic creation, and emotionally charged romance
The Motorcycle Diaries
shared Latin American musical storytelling, political memory, and romantic drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Carlos Saura
- Release Date
- 1998-08-06
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (40)
Cast
- Miguel Ángel Solá
- Cecilia Narova
- Mía Maestro
- Juan Carlos Copes
- Carlos Rivarola
- Sandra Ballesteros
- Óscar Cardozo Ocampo
- Enrique Pinti
- Julio Bocca
- Juan Luis Galiardo
Common questions
- What is Tango about?
- A lonely Buenos Aires filmmaker turns tango, forbidden desire, and Argentina’s painful political memory into an ambitious cinematic spectacle.
- What is Tango like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tango as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Tango violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Tango as mild.
- What did critics think of Tango?
- Critics broadly recognized the film's impressive tango performances and visual spectacle, while finding its dramatic material uneven.
- Which films are like Tango?
- Films with a similar feel include The Tango Lesson, All That Jazz, and The Motorcycle Diaries.
- How long is Tango?
- Tango runs 115 minutes.
