Tango, no me dejes nunca (1998)

Director: Carlos Saura
Writer: Carlos Saura
Release Date: 12 February 1999 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Musical
Plot Outline:

Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez’s quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film’s stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience. Things become complicated when Mario falls in love with Elena, a beautiful and talented young dancer who is the girlfriend of the powerful and dangerous Angelo Larroca, an investor in the picture. And Mario’s creative vision is challenged by his investors when he plans a scene that recreates Argentina’s dark years of political suppression and “disappearances”. Written by Martin Lewison

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations
Cast

Miguel Ángel Solá … Mario Suárez
Cecilia Narova … Laura Fuentes
Mía Maestro … Elena Flores
Juan Carlos Copes … Carlos Nebbia
Carlos Rivarola … Ernesto Landi
Sandra Ballesteros … María Elman
Óscar Cardozo Ocampo … Daniel Stein
Enrique Pinti … Sergio Lieman
Julio Bocca … Julio Bocca
Juan Luis Galiardo … Angelo Larroca
Martín Seefeld … Andrés Castro
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle … Waldo Norman
Antonio Soares Junior … Bodyguard 1 / Dancer
Ariel Casas … Antonio
Carlos Thiel … Dr. Ramírez