Naked Tango
| Naked Tango | |
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 UK VHS sleeve | |
| Directed by | Leonard Schrader |
| Written by | Leonard Schrader |
| Produced by | David Weisman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| Edited by | Debra McDermott |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema (1991, USA) Toho-Towa Distribution (1991, Japan) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Argentina Switzerland Japan United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Box office | $81,777 |
Naked Tango is a 1990 erotic drama film. An Argentine-international co-production, it was written and directed by Leonard Schrader, and stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey.[1] The choreography was created by Carlos Rivarola.
Synopsis
[edit]Returning by ship to Buenos Aires in the 1920s, a young woman escapes her elderly husband by swapping places with a woman committing suicide. She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a ruse to cause her to work in a brothel. The film plays on the association of tango with brothels and clearly alludes to the practices of the Zwi Migdal white-slavery and prostitution ring that was active in Buenos Aires early in the twentieth century and was dissolved thanks to Raquel Liberman.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Vincent D'Onofrio as Cholo
- Mathilda May as Alba / Stephanie (Estefanía)
- Fernando Rey as Juez Torres
- Tony Payne as waiter
- Henry Holmes as passenger
- Anthony Pratt as boat captain
- Roberto Scheuer as immigration officer
- Esai Morales as Zico Borenstein
- Cipe Lincovsky as mother
- Josh Mostel as Jewellery man Bertoni
- Sergio Lerer as fake rabbi
- Patricio Bisso as Gastón the hairdresser
- Constance McCashin as Flora
- Vando Villamil as cop
- Javier Portales as chief inspector of police
- Marcos Woinski
- Rubén Szuchmacher
- Néstor Zacco as cop
- Inés Yujnovsky as Bebe
- Harry Havilio as doctor
- Kerry Warn
- Anne Henry as maid
- Bill James as butler
- Armando Capó as guard
- Claudio Garófalo as musician
- Héctor Arbelo
- Santos Maggi
- Jorge Sabaté
- Guillermina Quiroga as woman at the cabaret
- Grecia Levy
Awards
[edit]The film was nominated for the Critics' Prize at the 1991 Deauville Film Festival.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Naked Tango at IMDb
- Naked Tango at Box Office Mojo
- Naked Tango at Rotten Tomatoes
- Naked Tango at Cinenacional.com
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