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The Christmas Tango

2011 · 102 min

A quiet, bittersweet story of forbidden longing and secret dance lessons, unfolding slowly with a sense of melancholy and tender tension.

Directed by
Nikos Koutelidakis
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis
Overview
At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

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Directed by
Nikos Koutelidakis
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • military
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Nikos Koutelidakis
Written by
Vagelis Nassis
Starring
Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis, Vicky Papadopoulou, Eleni Kokkidou, Vassilis Risvas, Vasilis Papadimitriou, Foivos Kontogiannis
Runtime
102 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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