Underplayed Gems

El tango del viudo (2017)

El tango del viudo poster
Original title
El tango del viudo y su espejo deformante
Directed by
Valeria Sarmiento
Genre
drama, fantasy, horror
Country
Chile
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man navigates a strange and distorted world after a personal loss. The film was originally shot in the 1960s and later finished by the director's widow.

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What happens

The Tango of the Widower and its Distorting Mirror (Spanish: El tango del viudo y su espejo deformante) is a Chilean film directed by Raúl Ruiz in 1967 and completed by his widow Valeria Sarmiento for a February 2020 premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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