Naked Tango
| Naked Tango | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Leonard Schrader |
| Produced by | David Weisman |
| Written by | Leonard Schrader |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| Edited by | Debra McDermott |
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Production
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| Distributed by |
New Line Cinema (1991, USA) Toho-Towa Distribution (1991, Japan) |
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Release date
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August 23, 1991 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Argentina Switzerland Japan United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
Naked Tango is a 1991 American-Argentine drama film written and directed by Leonard Schrader and starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey. The choreography was in charge of Carlos Rivarola.The choreography was created by Carlos Rivarola.
Returning by ship to Buenos Aires in the 1920s, a young woman escapes her elderly husband by swapping places with a woman committing suicide. She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a ruse to cause her to work in a brothel. The film plays on the association of tango with brothels and clearly alludes to the practices of the Zwi Migdal white-slavery and prostitution ring that was active in Buenos Aires early in the twentieth century and was dissolved thanks to Raquel Liberman.
The film was nominated for the Critics' Prize at the 1991 Deauville Film Festival.
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