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Naked Tango
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Wikipedia article
'Naked Tango' is a 1990 erotic drama film. An Argentinean-international co-production, it was written and directed by Leonard Schrader, and stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100222/IMDB entry] The choreography was created by Carlos Rivarola.
Synopsis
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.Nora Glickman, 'The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman', Routledge 1999
Cast
*Vincent D'Onofrio Cholo
*Mathilda May Alba / Stephanie (Estefana)
*Fernando Rey Juez Torres
*Tony Payne Waiter
*Henry Holmes Passenger
*Anthony Pratt Boat Captain
*Roberto Scheuer Inmmigration Officer
*Esai Morales Zico Borenstein
*Cipe Lincovsky Mother
*Josh Mostel Jewellery man Bertoni
*Sergio Lerer Fake Rabbi
*Patricio Bisso Gastn The Hairdresser
*Constance McCashin Flora
*Vando Villamil Cop
*Javier Portales Chief Inspector of Police
*Marcos Woinski
*Rubn Szuchmacher
*Nstor Zacco Cop
*Ins Yujnovsky Bebe
*Harry Havilio Doctor
*Kerry Warn
*Anne Henry Maid
*Bill James Butler
*Armando Cap Guard
*Claudio Garfalo Musician
*Hctor Arbelo
*Santos Maggi
*Jorge Sabat
*Guillermina Quiroga Woman at the Cabaret
*Grecia Levy
Awards
The film was nominated for the Critics' Prize at the 1991 Deauville Film Festival.
References
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