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For having betrayed her, a broken man will loose the woman of his life. Desperate, he will kill her. Sheer madness will then became his ultimate refuge, there, he will hope to see her reborn again.
This passion drama is linked with another story, a distinct one, yet inseparable. The story of Tango. Visiting his past, redefining his present, this man will travel through the golden ages of this legendary music and dance, seeking for his lost love...
 Part 1: LOVE 1910. Night falls on Buenos Aires’ harbour. There, lost in the moistness of the quays, an old café is awakening. This den, filled with short-lived hopes, quarrelsome and prostitutes, will see the birth of Tango and from this dead end, the birth of their love.
Part 2: THE TREASON
Exiled to Paris, Tango will enflamed its “années folles”. “Comme il faut” ladies will succumb to its fever. In the refined decadence of bourgeois salon, secrets alcoves are the scenes of every spells, filled with love’s forbidden scents.
Giving in to a short-lived affair, he will betray the one he loved, captivated by the temptation of feminine inexpressible.
Part 3: THE LAST BALL
Basking in the glow of glory, Tango, as a winner, is again conquering the hearts of the Argentines. Its golden age is shining in post-war milongas. All blend to its sensual consecration, and all forget, for the time of a ball, their conditions and their sorrows.
Everyone but him, filled with remorse. Everyone but her, who does not trust him anymore. Refusing the break up, he will commit the irreparable. SECOND ACT, THE PRESENT  Part 1: TOWARDS THE ABYSS Taking with him the eternal lovers, Tango become Nuevo, strong and ethereal. Once again it will rise from its ashes, and will steal to the time its pearls of infinite. Now alone, withdrawn, the desperate fills his dreams with the shadows of his past. His regrets, his broken memories will bring him towards his madness, where the only traces of his love still lies. Part 2: TOWARDS THE LIGHT From the deep of his insanity, exhilarated by a tragic happiness, he will resuscitate his beloved one. Together again, they will go where Tango will forever be the song of the ill-fated souls, a dancing sex, a pagan phoenix idolized by madmen, where it always fills the mind with wonder. Reunited at last, they can only become but Tango itself… |
