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  • 1997
  • PG
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 1997
  • PG
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary A filmmaker (Sally Potter), dissatisfied wth her latest screenplay, stumbles upon the tango and an Argentinian tango dancer (Pablo Veron) living in Paris. Fascinated by both, she places herself under Pablo's tutelage, striking a deal — if Pablo will make her a tango dancer, she will let him star in her next film. He accomplishes his si...

Directed By: Sally Potter

Written By: Sally Potter

  • 1997
  • PG
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 1997
  • PG
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 40 m
The Tango Lesson
Metascore Generally favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary A filmmaker (Sally Potter), dissatisfied wth her latest screenplay, stumbles upon the tango and an Argentinian tango dancer (Pablo Veron) living in Paris. Fascinated by both, she places herself under Pablo's tutelage, striking a deal — if Pablo will make her a tango dancer, she will let him star in her next film. He accomplishes his si...

Directed By: Sally Potter

Written By: Sally Potter

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Most dances are for people who are falling in love. The tango is a dance for those who have survived it, and are still a little angry about having their hearts so mishandled. The Tango Lesson is a movie for people who understand that difference.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
83
The Tango Lesson is about as far away from Al Pacino’s Scent of a Woman hotdogging as you can get; it really is about the scent of a woman, in all her fascinating peculiarity.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
75
Surprisingly, Potter takes what seemed like a recipe for embarrassment and excess and delivers a film that's sweet and understated and devoid of diva posturing.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
60
Despite being exquisitely shot and flowing with an inescapably graceful stride that seems in accordance with the film's titular dance, The Tango Lesson works far better as a deconstruction of the creative process than it does as a satire on the industry.
By Patrick Gamble FULL REVIEW
50
Stiffly playing a filmmaker with a growing passion for the tango, she makes this a handsome, drily meticulous film with no real fire anywhere beyond its supple dance scenes.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
40
The Tango Lesson is ponderously scripted and stiffly acted, and though the narrative causes the characters to skip continents and languages (the story bounces from Paris to Buenos Aires to London and back) little of the passion that drives this story is conveyed.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Adventure Pictures, Adventure Films, Arts Council of England, Cinema Projects, Eurimages, European Co-production Fund, Imagica, NFC, OKCK Films, PIE, Pandora Filmproduktion, Sales Company, Sigma Film Productions
Release Date Nov 14, 1997
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG
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Website http://www.iddistribution.com/html/tango.html
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Awards

National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
American Choreography Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Mar del Plata Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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