Tango Feroz

Tango Feroz: La leyenda de Tanguito

Cover art for the original soundtrack of the film
Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
Produced by Katrina Bayonas
Claudio Pustelnik
Written by Aída Bortnik
Marcelo Piñeyro
Starring Fernan Mirás
Cecilia Dopazo
Music by Osvaldo Montes
David Lebón
Cinematography Alfredo F. Mayo
Edited by Miguel Pérez
Production
company
Release dates
  • June 3, 1993 (1993-06-03) (Buenos Aires)
Running time
130 minutes
Country Argentina
Spain
Language Spanish

Tango Feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito (Spanish: Wild tango: the legend of Tanguito) is a 1993 Argentine drama musical film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. It is loosely based in the life of Tanguito, one of the first artists of Argentine rock ("Tanguito" is just a stage name, nor the artist or the movie are related with Tango music). Fernan Mirás and Cecilia Dopazo, unknown to most spectators by that point, had the lead roles and became famous after the film's release. It was the most successful movie in Argentina at the time and for a number of years.

Tango Feroz centers on Tanguito's drug addiction, his love relationship with Mariana, his friendship with Mauricio "Moris" Birabent, his madness and final years. The film does not include any of the songs written by the real Tanguito, such as his iconic La Balsa, as Piñeyro could not acquire the rights for doing so. Instead, it uses many other classic songs of Argentine Rock. Ulises Butrón sang the hit song written for the movie, "El amor es más fuerte" (Spanish: Love is stronger), in the scenes played by Mirás as well as the soundtrack.

Cast

Awards

Tango Feroz won the 1994 Argentinian Film Critics Association Awards for Best First Film and Best Music. It was also nominated as Best Film, but didn't get the award. Marcelo Piñeyro also won the 1993 Torino International Film Festival of Young Cinema in the International Feature Film Competition, and got the second place at the 1993 Havana Film Festival.


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