Tanghi Argentini

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Movie
Original title Tanghi Argentini
Country of production Belgium
original language Dutch
Publishing year 2006
length 14 minutes
Rod
Director Guy Thys
script Geert Verbanck
production Anja Daelemans
Dries Phlypo
music Allan Muller
camera Frank van den Eeden
cut Alain Dessauvage
occupation

Tanghi Argentini is a 2006 Belgian comedy short film directed by Guy Thys .

action

Shortly before Christmas: André is an inconspicuous employee. He chats on the Internet and gets to know a tango- loving woman with whom he will meet for a milonga in 14 days . André cannot dance tango and therefore asks his colleague Frans, who is a good dancer, to teach him tango. Frans refuses at first, as André's fire has long gone out, but then agrees when André accuses him of the same. Both practice the tango and both André and Frans flourish. At the milonga, André, who has brought Frans with him, meets his chat partner Suzanne. She is thrilled to meet a long-time tango dancer in André, and they both start dancing. André keeps receiving hidden instructions from Frans. At first everything goes well, but when André turns around, he is scared and drops Suzanne. She returns to her table disappointed. André asks Frans to dance with her, as he himself cannot comfort women. When Frans and Suzanne begin to dance, André leaves the event unnoticed.

The next day, Frans is happy and thanks André for yesterday evening, even if it didn't go as André had surely imagined. He doesn't know that André spends the pre-Christmas period pairing up all single colleagues with women. He can now cross Frans off his list as the ninth of ten colleagues. Number ten is the inconspicuous young Patrick, to whom André goes next. He tells him that he met a woman who likes to write poetry ...

production

Tanghi Argentini was shot in Ghent . Kristin Van Passel created the costumes and Johan Van Essche was in charge of artistic direction . The film was first shown in Belgium in 2006 and subsequently screened at numerous international festivals, including the Aspen Shortsfest, the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand and the LA Shorts Fest .

Awards (selection)

At the 2006 Ghent International Film Festival, Tanghi Argentini was recognized as the best Belgian short film. In 2007 the film won the Audience Award at the Almería International Short Film Festival and the Aspen Shortsfest. In the same year, the film received the Audience Award, the Fernand Raynaud Award and the Mediatheques Award at the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand. The film was named Best Foreign Film at the LA Shorts Fest. Tanghi Argentini was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 2008.

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