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Old Tango

1979

A wordless ballet telling a chance encounter through dance, graceful and slightly melancholy, asking quiet attention rather than dialogue.

Directed by
Aleksandr Belinsky
Genres
Music
Starring
Ekaterina Maksimova, Elena Balueva, Margarita Zenina
Overview
A young thief rushes down the street, fleeing from pursuit. In the square, he encounters a girl who is wandering listlessly. She has just lost her job and does not know what to do. The thief takes her to a back alley, where they swap clothes....

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Directed by
Aleksandr Belinsky
Genres
Music
Starring
Ekaterina Maksimova, Elena Balueva, Margarita Zenina
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • freedom
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • musical
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    music
    Directed by
    Aleksandr Belinsky
    Starring
    Ekaterina Maksimova, Elena Balueva, Margarita Zenina, Sergey Radchenko, Boris Nadtochiy, Gali Abaydulov
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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