The Tango Lesson (1997)
Directed by Sally Potter · Cinematography by Robby Müller
PG100 min64 frames
DramaMusicRomance
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What is The Tango Lesson about?
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.
The Tango Lesson is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Sally Potter. It is a semi-autobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Verón, about Argentinian 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 an original song written and sung by Potter.
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Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of The Tango Lesson leans on medium shots (34% of the sample) and wide compositions (34%). Cinematographer Robby Müller keeps 32% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Tango Lesson (1997) are #010101, #fdfdfd, #c8c8c8, #868686, #414141, #323232 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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