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TANGO OF LIFE

IL TANGO DELLA VITA

By Krista BURĀNE, Erica LIFFREDO

VFS FILMS - as PROD

Female director - Completed 2024

Claudio knows that one day he will be in a wheelchair and that tango is what keeps him onhis feet. His Parkinson’s is progressing. Time is short. He promised his beloved Ivana theywould tango together in Buenos Aires before it’s too late.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Female director, Documentary
- Countries
- LATVIA, ITALY
- Languages
- ITALIAN, LATVIAN
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Krista BURĀNE, Erica LIFFREDO
- Producer(s)
- Uldis CEKULIS (VFS FILMS), Raffaele BRUNETTI (B&B Film)
- Synopsis
- Claudio is a farmer. His wife Ivana is a dressmaker and they are avid tango dancers. They have a big dream: to dance the tango together in Buenos Aires. Claudio has Parkinson’s, an incurable degenerative disease. His condition was diagnosed 20 years ago. Doctors told him that he would be in a wheelchair within two years. However, not only is Claudio still on his feet and able to work, but he’s also still dancing. Today he is devoted to fostering and supporting research on the benefits of tango for Parkinson’s patients. Claudio and Ivana’s story inspired the renowned Latvian composer Arturs Maskats to write a new tango composition with world-famous accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. But just as their dream of dancing in Buenos Aires is about to come true, Claudio is hospitalized…