Cast
Miguel Ángel Solá Cecilia Narova 
Mía Maestro
Credits
Written by: 
Carlos Saura
Plot
A film director in Buenos Aires staging a tango show falls for the dancer, and is drawn into a plot connected with Argentina's dictatorship.
Sinekatalog’s take
Carlos Saura's musical drama follows a director staging a tango show who falls for his lead dancer and a political plot. Vittorio Storaro's gorgeous camera makes the dance sequences glow, though the story is thin.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (3,285 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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