Tango Bar

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| name = Tango Bar

| image =

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| director = Marcos Zurinaga

| producer = Roberto Gándara
Marcos Zurinaga

| writer = José Pablo Feinmann
Juan Carlos Codazzi
Marcos Zurinaga

| starring = Raul Julia
Rubén Juárez
Valeria Lynch

| music = Atilio Stampone

| cinematography = Marcos Zurinaga

| editing = Pablo Mari

| studio = Beco Films
Zaga Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1987|11||Mexico|1988|4||Puerto Rico|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Argentina
Puerto Rico

| language = Spanish

}}

Tango Bar is a 1987 Argentine-Puerto Rican musical drama film directed by Marcos Zurinaga and starring Raul Julia, Rubén Juárez and Valeria Lynch.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE3D6163CF934A15752C0A96F948260 |title=Tango Bar |access-date=5 September 2015 |work=NY Times}} It was written by Zurinaga with Juan Carlos Codazzi and José Pablo Feinmann. It was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Synopsis

A popular Tango venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina is run by two friends: Antonio Estévez, an Argentine musician and bandoneon player and Ricardo Padin, a Puerto Rican poet and pianist. Elena, who is Antonio's wife, begins a romantic relationship with the Ricardo when Antonio decides to go into exile from his country due to the oppressive climate of the penultimate Argentine civic-military dictatorship (1966-1973), while Elena and Ricardo choose to stay. Years later, with the return of Democracy from 1983 onwards, Antonio returns to his country with the desire to reunite with Ricardo, Elena and the world of tango. But the reunion only awakes conflicts and revolutionized feelings.