Los guardianes del ángel

Carlos Gardel, Historia de un Ídolo

April 1964 •Spanish

Newsreels, songs and films by Gardel, real scenes with events and historical figures from Argentina and the world, images of the accident that took his life in Medellín and the funeral in Buenos Aires.

Café de los maestros

June 2008 •Spanish

Coffee Masters is a documentary by Miguel Kohan, produced by Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla and Walter Salles. It tells the story of great tango of the old guard who, summoned by a rock musician, proposing a record to demonstrate its validity. This adventure, full of memories, humor and poignant moments, culminating with a presentation of the Masters at the Teatro Colon.

Pichuco

April 2014 •Spanish

A musical tour through the work of Aníbal "Pichuco" Troilo, one of the defining figures of tango and Argentinian music.

Baile de abrazo

August 2019 •Spanish

Recordando al Zorzal

January 1965 •Spanish

The life, work and tragic disappearance of Carlos Gardel, the Creole thrush.

Piazzolla: The Years of the Shark

August 2018 •Spanish

A cinematic portrait of the world-wide legendary Argentinian composer who changed tango. For the first time ever, the hidden archives of bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla are opened by his son Daniel.

Gardeliana

October 2020 •Spanish

A group of Carlos Gardel fans gathers every year at the Chacarita Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of his death. Gardeliana portrays the ritual of a national hero, a day of saddened faces that coexist between the marvelous and the ghostly.

I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done to Me

December 2003 •Spanish

Argentinean singer and tango legend Ada Falcón disappeared without a trace in 1942 at the height of her career. This is the story of how she was located sixty years later, living in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place.

Si Sos Brujo: A Tango Story

October 2008 •Spanish

The compelling story of a group of young Argentine musicians racing against time to learn and preserve the elegant and nuanced music played by the legendary Golden Age tango orchestras of Buenos Aires in the 40's and 50's.

Nelly Omar, cantora nacional

August 2014 •Spanish

The life of the last female singer of the golden age of tango, who died at 102 years of age. Nelly Omar stood out as one of the consecrated interpreters of tango and national folklore.

Tango

August 1985 •German

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Tango: Our Dance

July 1988 •Spanish

Documentary filmed in Buenos Aires that shows the importance of tango for Argentines, with dance scenes, voiceovers and interviews with professionals but also with other anonymous characters who find their form of expression in this music. The film was shot at a time of tango revival around the world.

Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One

June 2018 •English

Featuring dozens of performances from the living rooms, backyards, and unconventional venues throughout Athens, GA, the first Athens Rising film takes a deep look at music, dance, food, stand-up comedy, strange theater, visual art, and the origins of AthFest.

Astor Piazzolla in Portrait

June 1990 •English

Concert and Interview with Astor Piazzolla and his sextet by the BBC-Bristol.

Gricel. Un amor en tiempo de tango

November 2012 •Spanish

Musical documentary about the love story between tango lyricist José María Contursi and a village girl named Gricel. After a passionate and forbidden romance, Contursi and Gricel separate and propose to forget each other, but they discover that forgetting is impossible.

Gracias y Hasta Siempre ¡Gardel Está Vivo!

Invalid date •Spanish

A documentary about Medellín's historic and continued connection to tango and its most iconic figure.

Suite Juárez

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Tango on a Visit

Invalid date •German

Five young dancers are obsessed with tango, far from its homeland Argentina: in the Black Forest. Helena, Susanna, Christian, Joscha and Ruben are all single. Their all-consuming passion is a dance with rigid gender roles and hierarchical rules. How does this conflict with modern, everyday life? How are relationships and the longing for a partner affected by the tango life? "Tango on a Visit" unmasks the unique subculture and the emotional conflicts which are normally hidden behind the elegant spectacle of the erotic dance.

Three to Tango

October 1999 •English

Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay and has him spy on his mistress Amy. Oscar goes along with it and ends up falling in love with Amy.

Tangos Are for Two

January 1998 •Spanish

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