Sally Potter is not one of the most famous British directors, but some of her films are quite good (I’ve watched The Man Who Cried, Orlando, The Party, Yes), although not one of those that catch the soul. I watched her movie The Tango Lesson (1997). I can’t say that the script of the film is very good, it is quite simple – a female
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Sally Potter is not one of the most famous British directors, but some of her films are quite good (I’ve watched The Man Who Cried, Orlando, The Party, Yes), although not one of those that catch the soul. I watched her movie The Tango Lesson (1997). I can’t say that the script of the film is very good, it is quite simple – a female director Sally (played by Sally Potter herself) comes to Paris to work on the script of her film, there accidentally gets to the performance of the famous Tangogliero Pablo (Pablo Veron), and she decides to take tango lessons from him. So begins her journey into the world of this beautiful dance. The film is divided into 12 lessons, although these are not always lessons. Pablo is actually a wonderful dancer, Sally’s successes are also undoubted, in the end she decides to make a film about tango, which, in fact, is done, this is the film we are watching. And since this is a special dance, very sensual, well-danced, which can only be done if the dancers penetrate each other, often there is a feeling between them, however, this is shown very restrained, because the heroine is much older than the hero. However, the main character in this film is tango, this film is permeated through it, our heroes are filled with it, watching them is a real pleasure for those who also love him. I also want to note that visually it is good, almost the entire film, except for the scenes from the script of the failed film Sally, black and white.
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