Assassination Tango
Assassination Tango is a 2002 American crime thriller film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's Argentine wife, Luciana Pedraza. Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers.
Plot
Anderson (Duvall) is a successful American hitman whose employer sends him to do a job in Argentina. His contacts inform him that his target is a former general who took part in Argentina's last military dictatorship. Following a phone call with one of the co-conspirators, Anderson learns that his job is delayed due to his target sustaining an injury in a riding accident. Angry and frustrated that he is stuck in Argentina until the target is recovered from his accident, he walks the street and hears music behind a red curtain. He finds that behind the curtain is a beautiful woman gracefully dancing the tango with a man. He is immediately entranced by the dancing and wants to learn more about it, which leads to his meeting with Manuela, a local tango dancer and instructor, and the woman he first saw behind the red curtain.
More details
| author | Robert Duvall |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Argentina |
| director | Robert Duvall |
| editor | Stephen Mack |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | abandon argentina's last military dictatorship arrest beautiful woman hotel room kill meet military dictatorship national reorganization process phone call red curtain riding accident shoot think |
| musicBy | Luis Bacalov |
| producer | Rob Carliner Robert Duvall |
| productionCompany | American Zoetrope United Artists |
| publisher | MGM Distribution Co. |
| theme | dance |