Tango Films

A list of noteworthy Tango films. Please go ahead and email us at nairobi.tango@patamango.com if you know of any other title that should be listed here, or of any good review/trailer/where-to-get/etc for any of these films that you feel should be included here. Or, simply if you have an opinion on any of these that you would like to share.

Tango Dance Documentaries

Surrender Tango - 2006, Marcia Rock, 26 min
[site] [preview]

Tango salón, confitería La Ideal - 2004, Jana Bokova, 70 min
[imdb] [review]

Tango, the Obsession - 1998, Adam Boucher, 67 min
[imdb] [amazon]

Tango: bayle nuestro - 1988, Jorge Zanada, 70 min
[imdb] [tangocd] [amazon]

Tango Music Documentaries

El último aplauso - 2009, German Kral, 88 min
[imdb] [trailer] [about]

El otro camino - 2008, Gabriel Szollosy, 56 min
[imdb] [review] [download] [amazon]

Café de los maestros - 2008, Miguel Kohan, 91 min
[imdb] [musimundo] [amazon]

Tango, un giro extraño - 2005, Mercedes García Guevara, 95 min
[imdb] [musimondo] [amazon]

Si Sos Brujo: una historia de tango - 2005, Caroline Neal, 79 min
[imdb] [review] [trailer] [excerpt] [listen] [musimondo] [tangocd] [amazon]

El ultimó bandoneón - 2005, Alejandro Saderman, 90 min
[imdb] [review] [musimondo] [amazon]

Candombe - 2001, Hassen Balut / Silvestre Jacobi / Carlos Páez Vilaró, 50 min
[imdb] [review] [musimundo]

Tango Feature Films

Bar, El Chino - 2003, Daniel Burak, 100 min
[imdb] [info] [review]

Tango Bar - Carlos Gardel - 2003, John Reinhardt, Louis J. Gasnier, 58 min
[tangocd] [amazon]

Assassination Tango - 2002, Robert Duvall
[imdb]

Tango - 1999, Carlos Saura
[imdb] a “remake” of Tango Bar, quoting Mercado de Abasto

The Tango Lesson - 1997, Sally Potter
[imdb]

Naked Tango - 1990, Leonard Schrader
[imdb]

Flop - 1990, Eduardo Mignogna
[imdb]

Sur - 1988, Fernando E. Solanas
[imdb] [review]

Tango Bar - 1988, Marcos Zurinaga, 90 min
[imdb] [amazon] great milongueros dancing footage

Tangos, el exilio de Gardel - 1985, Fernando E. Solanas
[imdb]

Not primarily about Tango

Luna de Avellaneda - 2004, Juan José Campanella
[imdb] [review]

Le Bal (Ballando Ballando) - 1983, Ettore Scola
[imdb] [review] [review]

More tango film links

Tango Films (Category listing on Wkipedia)
Club de Tango - Documentales DVD
Tango Movies (cyber-tango)
Sinba Tango Film Club
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