Tangos Are for Two

{{Infobox film

| image = Tangos Are for Two poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando|nolink=yes}}

| director= Jaime Chávarri

| producer = Andrés Vicente Gómez

| cinematography = Carles Gusi

| starring = {{ubl|Darío Grandinetti|Aitana Sánchez-Gijón|Juan Echanove}}

| screenplay = {{ubl|Óscar Plasencia|Raúl Brambilla}}

| music = {{ubl|Luis María Serra|Rodolfo Mederos|Daniel Berardi}}

| studio = {{ubl|Rocabruno|Aurum Producciones|Patagonik Film Group}}

| distributor = Buena Vista International

| country = {{ubl|Spain|Argentina}}

| language = Spanish

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|01|23|Spain|1998|04|09|Argentina}}

}}

Tangos Are for Two ({{langx|es|Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando|links=no|lit=Their Eyes Closed and the World Goes On}}) is a 1998 Spanish-language drama film directed by Jaime Chávarri which stars Darío Grandinetti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Juan Echanove.

Plot

A Spanish couturier immigrates to Buenos Aires in the 1930s seeking to meet Carlos Gardel.{{Cite journal|first=Manuel|last=Galiano León|title=Movimientos migratorios y cine|year=2008|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2546992.pdf|journal= Historia Actual Online|issn=1696-2060|issue=15|page=181}} There she meets Renzo, a look-alike of the latter.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/20/cultura/885250814_850215.html|website=El País|title=Jaime Chávarri estrena 'Sus ojos se cerraron' ,sobre un clónico de Gardel|date=20 January 1998|first=Teresa|last=Cendros}}

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Juanita
Darío Grandinetti as Renzo
Juan Echanove as Gustavo
Ulises Dumont
José Soriano
{{ill|Carlos Carella|es}}

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Production

A Spanish-Argentine co-production the film was produced by Rocabruno, Aurum Producciones and Patagonik Film Group.{{Cite book|page=162|url=https://e-archivo.uc3m.es/bitstream/handle/10016/28565/mejon_tesis_2019.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|publisher=Universidad Carlos III de Madrid|title=Cine transnacional. La coproducción hispanofrancesa (1987-1999)|first=Ana María|last=Mejón Miranda}} The screenplay was penned by Raúl Brambilla, Óscar Plasencia whereas Rodolfo Mederos, Luis María Serra and Daniel Berardi were responsible for the music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8652/sus-ojos-se-cerraron/|website=Fotogramas|title=Sus ojos se cerraron|date=29 May 2008}} {{ill|Carles Gusi|ca|Carles Gusi Poquet}} took over cinematography duties.

Release

The film was theatrically released in Spain on 23 January 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-137647/trailer-19533811/|access-date=27 May 2022|title=Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando|website=Sensacine}}

Reception

Augusto Martínez Torres of El País deemed the film to be an "excellent musical" whose "great appeal lies in the skill with which Chávarri has managed to integrate 14 tangos into an intense and dramatic love" story.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/01/30/cultura/886114816_850215.html|website=El País|first=Augusto|last=Martínez Torres|date=30 January 1998|title=La muerte de Gardel}}

The review in La Nación assessed the film to be "very good", considering that the director "masterfully handled this kind of complicit fable" (...) "springing from simple everyday things".{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/el-imitador-de-gardel-nid93031/|website=La Nación|date=9 April 1998|title=El imitador de Gardel}}

Accolades

| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 1999 || rowspan = "2" | 47th Silver Condor Awards || Best Actor || Darío Grandinetti || {{won|{{Abbr|Won|shared with Jorge Marrales ("Cómplices")}}}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/pizza-birra-faso-pelicula-llevo-premios_0_SyYGaax0Fg.html|website=Clarín|date=28 April 1999|title=Entregaron los Cóndor de Plata. Pizza, birra, faso, la película que se llevó más premios}}

| Best Original Screenplay || Oscar Plasencia, Raúl Brambilla || {{won|{{Abbr|Won|shared with Bruno Stagnaro and Adrián Caetano ("Pizza, birra, faso")}}}}