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Tangos Are for Two

5.8 93 mins Drama   Music   Romance   1998
Telefe   Aleph Producciones S.A.   Rocabruno S.A.   Aurum Producciones   Atresmedia   Lider Films   Patagonik   Buena Vista International   INCAA   Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales  
Director(s): Jaime Chávarri

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

Casts of Tangos Are for Two

Darío Grandinetti

as Renzo Franchi/Carlos Gardel

Juan Echanove

as Gustavo

Ulises Dumont

as Aníbal

Raúl Brambilla

as Alfredo Le Pera

Carlos Carella

as Cabache

Ramón Rivero

as Dieguito

Pepe Soriano

as Rinaldo Costa

Chela Ruiz

as Berta Gardés

Mónica Galán

as La Turca

Nelly Fontán

as Doña Martha

Bibiana Aflalo

as Nancy

Noemí Granata

as Dueña Taller de Costura

Alfredo Allende

as Maestro de Ceremonias

Inés Arce

as Pordiosera

Patricia Baños

as Viuda López Thompson

Damián Boggio

as Botones

Óscar Gabriel Cammarota

as Pianista Prostíbulo

Martín Coria

as Colombiano 1

Julio Cabrera

as Colombiano 2

Hugo Álvarez

as Policía Colombiano

Vera Czemerinski

as Acróbata Conventillo

Bettina Hudson

as Vecina Conventillo

Omar Pini

as Vecino Conventillo

Santiago Escalante

as Traficante

Harry Havilio

as Maitre

Cecilia Milone

as Mujer misteriosa

Derli Prada

as Dueño bar 1

Elvio Nessier

as Dueño bar 2

Ruben Horacio Serra

as Bandoneonista cordobés

Nelly Tesolín

as Sra. Crespi

Pía Uribelarrea

as Azucena Maizani

Rafael Rojas

as Gardel's voice

Javier Caruso

as Iglesias

Osvaldo del Pino

as Salgado

Daniel Soto

as Dangelo

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