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Tangos Are for Two

Tangos Are for Two

19985.61h 33m

Overview

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by

Directed by Jaime Chávarri
Written by Raúl Brambilla, Óscar Plasencia
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Top Cast

Darío Grandinetti

Darío Grandinetti

Renzo Franchi/Carlos Gardel

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Juanita

Juan Echanove

Juan Echanove

Gustavo

Ulises Dumont

Ulises Dumont

Aníbal

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Raúl Brambilla

Alfredo Le Pera

Carlos Carella

Carlos Carella

Cabache

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Ramón Rivero

Dieguito

Pepe Soriano

Pepe Soriano

Rinaldo Costa

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María Fernández Paroni

Dorita

Chela Ruiz

Chela Ruiz

Berta Gardés

Themes & Keywords

tangomenage a troismistaken identityweddingmystery womanargentinean tangoplane crash

About Tangos Are for Two

Tangos Are for Two is a drama, music, romance film released in 1998 exploring themes of tango, menage a trois, mistaken identity, wedding, mystery woman, argentinean tango. Directed by Jaime Chávarri, it stars Darío Grandinetti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Juan Echanove. A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by

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