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Tango Bar (1987)

Tango Bar poster
Directed by
Marcos Zurinaga
Genre
drama film, musical film, dance film
Country
Puerto Rico, Argentina
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set in a Buenos Aires tango club, the film follows a love triangle involving a former tango dancer and two men. The story weaves around their personal relationships and the music of tango.

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What happens

Tango Bar is a 1987 Argentine-Puerto Rican musical drama film directed by Marcos Zurinaga and starring Raul Julia, Rubén Juárez and Valeria Lynch. It was written by Zurinaga with Juan Carlos Codazzi and José Pablo Feinmann. It was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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