Tangos Are for Two

Tangos Are for Two
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando
Directed by	Jaime Chávarri
Screenplay by	Óscar Plasencia Raúl Brambilla
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Darío Grandinetti Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Juan Echanove
Cinematography	Carles Gusi
Music by	Luis María Serra Rodolfo Mederos Daniel Berardi
Production companies	Rocabruno Aurum Producciones Patagonik Film Group
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release dates	23 January 1998 (1998-01-23) (Spain) 9 April 1998 (1998-04-09) (Argentina)
Countries	Spain Argentina
Language	Spanish

Tangos Are for Two (Spanish: Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando, 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.^[1] There she meets Renzo, a look-alike of the latter.^[2]

Cast

• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Juanita^[2]
• Darío Grandinetti as Renzo^[2]
• Juan Echanove as Gustavo^[2]
• Ulises Dumont^[3]
• José Soriano^[3]
• Carlos Carella [es]^[3]

Production

A Spanish-Argentine co-production the film was produced by Rocabruno, Aurum Producciones and Patagonik Film Group.^[4] The screenplay was penned by Raúl Brambilla, Óscar Plasencia whereas Rodolfo Mederos, Luis María Serra and Daniel Berardi were responsible for the music.^[5][3] Carles Gusi [ca] took over cinematography duties.^[5]

Release

The film was theatrically released in Spain on 23 January 1998.^[6]

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.^[5]

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".^[7]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1999	47th Silver Condor Awards	Best Actor	Darío Grandinetti	Won	[8]
		Best Original Screenplay	Oscar Plasencia, Raúl Brambilla	Won

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1998
• List of Spanish films of 1998

References

1. Galiano León, Manuel (2008). "Movimientos migratorios y cine" (PDF). Historia Actual Online (15): 181. ISSN 1696-2060.
2. Cendros, Teresa (20 January 1998). "Jaime Chávarri estrena 'Sus ojos se cerraron' ,sobre un clónico de Gardel". El País.
3. "Sus ojos se cerraron". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
4. Mejón Miranda, Ana María. Cine transnacional. La coproducción hispanofrancesa (1987-1999) (PDF). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. p. 162.
5. Martínez Torres, Augusto (30 January 1998). "La muerte de Gardel". El País.
6. "Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando". Sensacine. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
7. "El imitador de Gardel". La Nación. 9 April 1998.
8. "Entregaron los Cóndor de Plata. Pizza, birra, faso, la película que se llevó más premios". Clarín. 28 April 1999.