"Tango Cabaret"
Tango Kabaree

Finland 2001 color 84 min MRP Matila Rörh Productions

Drama, dance, musical

cast: Aira Samulin (as herself), Martti Suosalo (M.C.), Remu Aaltonen, Helena Lindgren, Jorma Uotinen, Tuomari Nurmio, Andy McCoy, Paula Koivuniemi, Niina Herala, Anna-Kaisa Hermunen, Vera Kiiskinen, Helena Lindgren, Stefan Lindfors, Ekku Peltomäki, Pirjo Samulin, Jarkko Valtee
credits: dir. Pekka Lehto (also script with Jaakko Heinimäki), DOP Esa Vuorinen, music Olli Koskelin

Take a little bit Fellini, over one 70 years old dancing star, a bunch of Finnish singers and other art persons... And you'll get "Tango Cabaret". The story is about this (yes, she actually exists) red haired, old but still lively dancer lady. She tells her life story while she and her friends are in the rehearsal of her new show. This show is just a big fantasy sequence and it should have been in a totally different movie. Now it only makes things messy and terrible to watch. what a pity.

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