The Tango Lesson

Dance, dance, dance... and not much else. Sally Potter follows up her gender-bent ORLANDO with this very personal, frankly narcissistic take on that sultry dance of erotic combat, the tango. Potter pretty much plays herself, an independent-minded English filmmaker named Sally who becomes obsessed with the tango after watching a performance by sexy Argentine Pablo (Pablo Veron). Pablo agrees to give Sally dance lessons, hoping that their relationship will lead to a starring role in one of her films. It's a cozy arrangement that soon becomes very cozy, but just as the dance brought them together, it also threatens to tear them apart when Sally starts bristling...