Naked Tango

CinematographyJuan Ruiz AnchíaEdited byDebra McDermottMusic byThomas NewmanDistributed byNew Line Cinema (1991, USA)
Toho-Towa Distribution (1991, Japan)90 minutesCountriesArgentina
Switzerland
Japan
United StatesLanguagesEnglish
SpanishBox office$81,777

Naked Tango is a 1990 erotic drama film. An Argentine-international co-production, it was written and directed by Leonard Schrader, and stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey.^[1] 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.^[2]

Cast

• Vincent D'Onofrio …Cholo
• Mathilda May …Alba / Stephanie (Estefanía)
• 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 …Gastón The Hairdresser
• Constance McCashin …Flora
• Vando Villamil …Cop
• Javier Portales …Chief Inspector of Police
• Marcos Woinski
• Rubén Szuchmacher
• Néstor Zacco …Cop
• Inés Yujnovsky …Bebe
• Harry Havilio …Doctor
• Kerry Warn
• Anne Henry …Maid
• Bill James …Butler
• Armando Capó …Guard
• Claudio Garófalo …Musician
• Héctor Arbelo
• Santos Maggi
• Jorge Sabaté
• Guillermina Quiroga …Woman at the Cabaret
• Grecia Levy

Awards

The film was nominated for the Critics' Prize at the 1991 Deauville Film Festival.

References

External links

• Naked Tango at IMDb
• Naked Tango at Box Office Mojo
• Naked Tango at Rotten Tomatoes
• Naked Tango at Cinenacional.com