Naked Tango
# Naked Tango

Naked Tango is a 1990 erotic drama film. An Argentine-international co-production, it was written and directed by Leonard Schrader, and stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey. The choreography was created by Carlos Rivarola.

## Synopsis

Returning by ship to Buenos Aires in the 1920s, a young woman escapes her elderly husband by swapping places with a woman committing suicide. She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a ruse to cause her to work in a brothel. The film plays on the association of tango with brothels and clearly alludes to the practices of the Zwi Migdal white-slavery and prostitution ring that was active in Buenos Aires early in the twentieth century and was dissolved thanks to Raquel Liberman.

## Cast

* Vincent D'Onofrio …Cholo
* Mathilda May …Alba / Stephanie (Estefanía)
* Fernando Rey …Juez Torres
* Tony Payne …Waiter
* Henry Holmes …Passenger
* Anthony Pratt …Boat Captain
* Roberto Scheuer …Inmmigration Officer
* Esai Morales …Zico Borenstein
* Cipe Lincovsky …Mother
* Josh Mostel …Jewellery man Bertoni
* Sergio Lerer …Fake Rabbi
* Patricio Bisso …Gastón The Hairdresser
* Constance McCashin …Flora
* Vando Villamil …Cop
* Javier Portales …Chief Inspector of Police
* Marcos Woinski
* Rubén Szuchmacher
* Néstor Zacco …Cop
* Inés Yujnovsky …Bebe
* Harry Havilio …Doctor
* Kerry Warn
* Anne Henry …Maid
* Bill James …Butler
* Armando Capó …Guard
* Claudio Garófalo …Musician
* Héctor Arbelo
* Santos Maggi
* Jorge Sabaté
* Guillermina Quiroga …Woman at the Cabaret
* Grecia Levy

## Awards

The film was nominated for the Critics' Prize at the 1991 Deauville Film Festival.

