TV series

Tango for Freedom

2016 · 1 season

A sober, slow-burning historical drama that builds quiet tension around moral courage under a repressive regime.

Overview: Tango per la Libertà is a television miniseries broadcast on Rai1 on 12 and 13 January 2016. Freely inspired by Enrico Calamai's book No political asylum, it tells the story of an Italian diplomat in Argentina who managed to save more than 300 men and women persecuted by Jorge Rafael Videla's regime.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, justice, survival, morality
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
justice
survival
morality
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild