The Tango Lesson

The Tango Lesson Spanish La leccin de tango is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Sally Potter. It is a semiautobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Vern, about Argentinian Tango.

Sally, a filmmaker and screenwriter suffering from writers block, is dissatisfied with her film project, a murder mystery called Rage, which features the fashion industry. Taking a break, she travels to Paris, where she sees the dancer Pablo Pablo Vern performing tango. She becomes obsessed with the dance and offers Pablo a part in her film in exchange for dance lessons. The two become deeply involved as dancers and as lovers. Their emotional intimacy threatens the success of their dancing together. The film explores the conflict between the woman dancer accepting the mans lead in the dance, while the man must accept the womans lead in the film. It is a love story and a showcase for Verns dancing.The film was first presented at the Venice Film Festival in Italy onAugust 1997. One week later it was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada onSeptember 1997. The picture screened at various film festivals, including the Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina the Reykjavik Film Festival, Iceland the Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey and others. ........

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