Assassination Tango (2002)

Director Robert Duvall (THE APOSTLE) weaves the disparate worlds of murder and dance in this quirky and sometimes impressionistic comedy drama. John (Robert Duvall), an old-school Coney Island-area hit man, is offered a lucrative job in Argentina. He doesn't really want to take it, and his reluctance to leave his beloved stepdaughter Jenny (Katherine Micheaux Miller) and miss her birthday party fuels his obstinacy. But, assured he will be back in time, he takes the job. Once in Buenos Aries, the assassination plot begins to unfold, then sputter, and finally falls apart as the target fails to show up. Needless to ...
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say, John misses Jenny's big day, and to get his mind off of things, he catches a traditional Argentinean tango performance. With a reverence for American dance, John is totally blown away by this thrillingly expressive form, and infiltrates the tango circuit through Manuela (Luciana Pedraza), a glowing but modest partner. She and her sister escort John through the history and motion that is tango, while in the meantime the assassination plot picks back up as the target finally returns to Buenos Aries. Much like the dance it depicts, the film navigates between one world of murderous intrigue and conspiracy, and the other of sensual elegance and high-art aesthetics. Duvall also bridges the gulf between these worlds with an inimitable performance.
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Leading man Robert Duvall writes and directs his third feature, the romantic thriller Assassination Tango. John J. (Duvall) is an aging hit man who has settled down into family life in New York with teacher Maggie (Kathy Baker). After he is offered a good sum of money, he accepts a job to kill an Argentinean General in Buenos Aires. When he gets there, he finds out he has to wait three weeks to finish the job, so he stays in Argentina and studies the tango. He meets young dancer Manuela (real-life girlfriend Luciana Pedraza making her film debut) and the two become dance partners and begin to flirt with one anoth...
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er. Meanwhile, the assignment lingers.
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John Anderson (Robert Duvall) is een bijna gepensioneerde huurmoordenaar uit New York. Met het verdiende geld van zijn opdrachten onderhoudt hij zijn vriendin Maggie (Kathy Baker) en haar dochter Jenny (Katherine Micheaux Miller). Uiteraard weten beiden niet wat deze zwijgzame mysterieuze man voor de kost doet. Voor John Anderson is het tijd om zijn laatste kunstje te vertonen om daarna te settelen. Zijn allerlaatste doelwit is een puisant rijke generaal uit Buenos Aires. Door het onverwachte uitblijven van de generaal heeft de huurmoordenaar tijd om de stad te bekijken. Na de nodige omzwervingen belandt John in ...
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een tangoclub waar hij valt voor de charmes van danseres Manuela (Luciana Pedraza). Wat volgt is een moeizame romance tussen de introverte huurmoordenaar en de extraverte tangodanseres.
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