Irving Arts Center Presents Free Film Screening: Tango
Sun Nov 23, 2:00 PM - Mon Nov 24, 3:45 PM

This 1998 film was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Life is a tango for Mario Suárez, a middle-aged theatre director who has given his life to dance. His girlfriend (and principal dancer) Laura leaves him. Seeking distraction, he throws himself into a musical about the tango. He is introduced to a beautiful young woman, Elena, the girlfriend of his chief investor Angelo, a shady businessman with underworld connections. Mario gives her a leading role. An affair develops between them, but the possessive Angelo has her followed, and threatens her with dire consequences if she leaves him, mirroring Mario's own feelings and actions towards Laura before Elena entered his life. Directed by Carlos Saura, the film is in Spanish with English subtitles. 115 minutes. Rated PG.