The director of 'Orlando' Sally Potter chronicles her obsession with the Tango. Playing a female filmmaker who discovers the tango in between bouts of writing a screenplay, Sally places herself under the tutelage of Pablo, an Argentinean tango dancer living in Paris. As her lessons proceed, Sally and Pablo fall in love, and strike a bargain... if he will make her a tango dancer she will make him a movie star.Taking its cue from the golden era of Hollywood musicals, The Tango Lesson stars the internationally acclaimed dancer Pablo Veron and features an outstanding soundtrack... with classic tango recordings from the 20s to the modern day, including Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Pugliese and Carlos Gardel. [show more]
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. Potter's self-reflective film stars Potter (an actress and the director of Orlando), more or less as herself, learning to tango from master-dancer Pablo Veron and considering making a film called The Tango Lesson. The film that we happen to be watching, however, is concerned largely with the delicious conflict between the politics of tango--the need for one partner, typically the woman, to yield to the other--and the expectations of the film-maker to do things on her own terms. Can Potter simultaneously surrender and control for the duration of this circular project? The question is made more complicated by Veron's desire to be in one of Potter's films--in other words, to follow her lead. Potter may not be Veron's equal on the dance floor, but that isn't the point of this interesting movie and its provocative, internal debate. Actors Sally Potter, Morgane Maugran, Pablo Veron, Carolina Iotti, Gustavo Naveira, Geraldine Maillet, Katerina Mechera, David Toole, George Yiasoumi & Michele Parent Director Sally Potter Certificate PG Year 1997 Languages English ; Spanish ; French Duration 1 hour and 40 minutes (approx)
Film-maker Sally (Sally Potter) decides to take tango lessons while working on her latest screenplay. Her teacher is Pablo (real-life dance star Pablo Veron), and as the lessons progress the two fall in love. Sally promises to make Pablo a film star in return for his tuition, but their relationship deteriorates once the cameras start rolling.
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