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♛ Smily Tango presents a homage to tango scenes from tango films. Visit and learn your tango. Win a FREE ebook at ! Subscribe: Follow: Like: Free tango radios: tango homages: The Tango Lesson - Sally Potter in milonga - 1997 Music: El Flete (1936) by Juan D'Arienzo ▸ The Tango Lesson (Spanish: 'La lección de tango') is a 1997 drama film by British director Sally Potter. It is a semi-autobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Verón, about Tango. The film, a co-production of Argentina, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, was produced by Christopher Sheppard in Britain, and Oscar Kramer in Argentina and was shot mostly in black and white in Paris and Buenos Aires. The soundtrack includes original recordings of Carlos Gardel's, Mi Buenos Aires querido, and Ástor Piazzolla's Libertango, two of the most iconic tangos in the history of the genre. It also includes a song written and sung by Potter. ▸ Plot The film tells of Sally, a filmmaker and screenwriter suffering from writer's block. She 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 Verón) 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 man's lead in the dance, while the man must accept the woman's lead in the film. It is a love story and a showcase for Verón's dancing.
