Two to Tango

1989 Argentine film

1 February 1989 (1989-02-01)

Running time

87 minutesCountriesArgentina
United StatesLanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Two to Tango, also known as Matar es morir un poco (English: "To Kill is To Die a Little"), is a 1989 American-Argentine suspense film directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the novel Last Days of the Victim by José Pablo Feinmann, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A hitman who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in Buenos Aires, but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to Nepal with him.

Cast

Don Stroud ... James Conrad
Adrianne Sachs ... Cecilia Lorca
Duilio Marzio ... Paulino Velasco
Michael Cavanaugh ... Dean Boyle
Alberto Segado ... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara
Francisco Cocuzza ... Carlos Pino
Golde Flami ... Hilda Levin
Nathán Pinzón ... Morelos
Juan José Ghisalberti ... Joseph Levin
Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates
Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer
Pablo Novak ... Sergio
Adriana Salonia ... Adela
Ana Maria Vita ... Boarder 1 at Levin's Hotel
Alejandra De Luiggi ... Boarder 2 at Levin's Hotel
Flávia Aberg Cobo ... Airline Attendant 1
Maria Fournery ... Airline Attendant 2
Armando Capo ... Angelo
Ricardo Fasan ... Paolo Basso (as Ricardo Fassan)
Lilian Rinar ... Blonde Woman
Gianni Fiore ... Customs Employee (as Gianni Fiori)
Daniel Ripari ... Bodyguard 1
Arturo Noal ... Bodyguard 2
Rubén Bermúdez ... Bodyguard 3
Nestor Cannichio ... Lara's Driver

Production

The film was based on the novel Ultimas dias de la victima, by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film Últimos días de la víctima (1982).

The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (Yolande Turner), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.^[1]

Receptiopn

Variety called it "uneven".^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015
^ Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.
^ "Two to Tango". Variety's film reviews 1989-1990. R.R. Bowker. 1991. p. 22 February 1989.