TANGO ABRAZOS

Drama

Directed by: Metod Pevec

Duration: 1 h 29 min

Format: Digitalno + fizično

Code: 431296

EAN: 3838898431296

The romantic drama, which confronts Argentine hot-temper and the proverbial Slovene rigidity, is the winner of the Vesna award for best director Metod Pevec, best actress (Jana Zupančič) and best actor (Uroš Fürst). »Obviously dance is my eternal temptation. I can hardly make a movie without a dance scene. This time the story is literally paced in the rhythm of tango. Still, Tango Abrazos is not a dance movie, it is just lessons. And again, it is about relationships. On the other hand, the relationship and chemistry between tango dancers is the fundamental philosophy of tango« (Metod Pevec, director and screenwriter).

SYNOPSIS

Tjaša and Lena manage to entice their partners to dance classes. Their partners, typical, real men (Leon and Uroš) initially offer a decent amount of resistance, then grudgingly accept the idea, merely for the sake of peace. However, their new pastime seems to bring less and less peace into their lives. At the beginning of the story, both couples look very stable and committed, with signs of a peaceful routine that has settled into their lives after several years. It seems that the right persons are in the right relationships. Tango, however, stirs things a bit. Already in the first lessons, the participants are faced with the Latin culture of touching, and with the set tango routine of changing dance partners frequently. Tango, by definition, is »walking in the embrace,« explains the dance teacher. It turns out that the four protagonists are »merely physically« matched better in the opposite combinations than in their everyday life. This surprising dance harmony and spontaneity kindles the first feelings of jealousy.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Jana Zupančič (Tjaša), Uroš Fürst (Uroš), Pia Zemljič (Lena) and Primož Pirnat (Leon). The director and screenwriter is Metod Pevec, the director of photography is Axel Schneppat, the editor is Janez Bricelj, the make-up artist is Gabrijela Fleischman, the sound recorder is Gašper Loborec, the sound designer is Robert Sršen, the costume designer is Katja Hrobat, the production designer is Dušan Milavec, the musicians are Jure Tori, Laren Polič Zdravič and Andrej Guček and the producer is Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.