Boquitas pintadas (1974)

Directed by

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

2h

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-town man charms several women through love letters and promises. His choices and secrets lead to heartbreak and loss for the people around him.

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What happens

Heartbreak Tango (Spanish: Boquitas pintadas) is a 1974 Argentine drama film, directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. It was adapted from Argentine writer Manuel Puig's 1969 novel of the same name. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 22nd position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 47th position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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