Carlos Saura

(1932-)

Carlos Saura is Spain's most important filmmaker after Buñuel.  He was born in Huesca (Aragón), Spain on 4 January 1932.  His mother was a pianist and his brother Antonio a painter.  Hence, from early on he was much influenced by music and art.  Carlos Saura himself was interested in photography and is indeeed an excellent photographer.  He also made his first feature film with a 16 mm camera in 1950, when he was only 18 years old.  In Madrid he started his career in industrial engineering but he later registered as a student at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Cinematográficos (Cinematographic Study and Research Institute) from which he obtained a diploma as director.  He also studied journalism and became a university professor until 1963, when he was removed from his post for political reasons.  He started filming as a neo-realist but he later switched to allegorical and "Second Cinema" (artistic auteurist cinema).  As such he has won many numerous national and international awards, including Silver Bears at the Berlin Festival for La caza (1966) and Peppermint Frappé (1967); Special Jury Awards for La prima Angélica (1973) and Cría cuervos (1975); and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film in 1979 for Mamá cumple cien años. 

Filmography:

• El séptimo día (2004) ... aka The 7th Day (2004) (International: English title) 
• Salomé (2002) 
• Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001) ... aka Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001) (International: English title) 
• Goya (1999) ... aka Goya in Bordeaux (1999) 
• ¡Esa luz! (1998) 
• Tango, no me dejes nunca (1998) ... aka Tango (1998) (Argentina: short title) (International: English title) (USA) 
• Pajarico (1997) ... aka Little Bird (1999) (USA: informal English title) 
• Taxi (1996) 
• Flamenco (de Carlos Saura) (1995) ... aka Flamenco (1995) 
• ¡Dispara! (1993) ... aka Outrage (1996) (USA: video title) 
• Marathon (1992) ... aka Maratón (1992) (Spain) 
• El sur (1992) (TV) ... aka Cuentos de Borges: El sur (1992) (TV) (Spain: series title) 
• Sevillanas (1992) 
• ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990) 
• La noche oscura (1989) ... aka The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) (International: English title: informal literal title) 
• El Dorado (1988/I) ... aka A peso d'oro (1988) (Italy) 
• El amor brujo (1986) ... aka Love, the Magician (1986) 
• Los zancos (1984) ... aka The Stilts (1984) 
• Carmen (1983/I) 
• Antonieta (1982) 
• Dulces horas (1982) ... aka Sweet Hours (1982) 
• Bodas de sangre (1981) ... aka Blood Wedding (1981) 
• Deprisa, deprisa (1981) ... aka Fast, Fast (1981) (USA) 
• Mamá cumple cien años (1979) ... aka Mama Turns 100 (1988) (USA) 
• Los ojos vendados (1978) ... aka Blindfolded Eyes (1978) (International: English title) 
• Elisa, vida mía (1977) ... aka Elisa, My Love (1977) 
• Cría cuervos (1976) ... aka The Secret of Anna (1976) 
• La prima Angélica (1974) ... aka Cousin Angelica (1974) (USA) 
• Ana y los lobos (1973) ... aka Anna and the Wolves (1973) 
• El jardín de las delicias (1970) ... aka The Garden of Delights (1970) (USA) 
• La madriguera (1969) ... aka Honeycomb (1972) (USA) 
• Stress-es tres-tres (1968) ... aka Stress Is Three (1968) (International: English title) 
• Peppermint Frappé (1967) 
• La caza (1966) ... aka The Hunt (1966) (USA) 
• Llanto por un bandido (1964) ... aka Weeping for a Bandit (1964) (International: English title) 
• Los golfos (1962) ... aka The Delinquents (1962) (International: English title) 
• Cuenca (1958) 
• La tarde del domingo (1957) 
• El pequeño río Manzanares (1956)

Tango, no me dejes nunca

(1998) 

Directed by:
Carlos Saura

Writing credits:
Carlos Saura 

Genre: Drama / Musical (more) 

Tagline: Tango: you never leave me 

Cast overview: 
Miguel Ángel Solá ....  Mario Suárez 
Cecilia Narova ....  Laura Fuentes 
Mía Maestro ....  Elena Flores 
Juan Carlos Copes ....  Carlos Nebbia 
Carlos Rivarola ....  Ernesto Landi 
Sandra Ballesteros ....  María Elman 
Óscar Cardozo Ocampo ....  Daniel Stein 
Enrique Pinti ....  Sergio Lieman 
Julio Bocca ....  Julio Bocca 
Juan Luis Galiardo ....  Angelo Larroca 
Martín Seefeld ....  Andrés Castro 
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle ....  Waldo Norman 
Antonio Soares Junior ....  Bodyguard #1 
Ariel Casas ....  Antonio 
Carlos Thiel ....  Dr.Ramírez 
Nora Zinsky ....  Woman Investor #1 
Fernando Llosa ....  Man Investor #1 
Johana Copes ....  Dance Teacher
Mabel Pessen ....  Woman Investor #2
Julio Marticorena ....  Man Investor #2 
Viviana Vigil ....  Singer 
Héctor Pilatti ....  Singer 
Roxana Fontan ....  Young Female Singer 
Eduardo Cutuli ....  Master of Ceremonies (as Cutuli) 
Néstor Marconi ....  Bandoneón Player #1 
Adolfo Gómez ....  Bandoneón Player #2 
Juanjo Domínguez ....  Guitar Player 
Norberto Ramos ....  Pianist 
Dante Montero ....  Bodyguard #2 
Ángela Ciccone ....  Palmira Fuentes 
Fernando Monetti ....  Homero Fuentes 
Ángel Coria ....  Assistant Choreographer 
Sofía Codrovich ....  Ana Segovia 
Elvira Onetto ....  School Teacher 
rest of cast listed alphabetically 
Antonio Agri ....  Musician: El Nuevo Quinteto Real (Violin) 
Verónica Alvarenga ....  Dancer 
Marcelo Álvarez ....  Dancer 
Ubaldo Aquiles De Lio ....  Musician: El Nuevo Quinteto Real (Guitar) 
Adrián Aragón ....  Dancer 
Sebastián Arce ....  Dancer 
Valencia Batiuk ....  Dancer 
Jorge Bihurriet ....  Dancer 
Erika Boaglio ....  Dancer 
Mariano Bolfarini ....  Dancer 
Milena Braun ....  Dancer 
Gustavo Brizuela ....  Dancer 
Silvia Bron ....  Dancer 
Sebastián Codega ....  Dancer 
César Cohelo ....  Dancer 
Cristina Cortez ....  Dancer 
Leonardo Cuello ....  Dancer 
Lucas Galera ....  Dancer 
Esther Garaballi ....  Dancer 
Oscar Giunta ....  Musician: El Nuevo Quinteto Real (Base) 
Ángeles González ....  Dancer 
Carlos Kerr ....  Dancer 
Oscar Mandagaran ....  Dancer 
Paula Marull 
Facundo Mercado ....  Dancer 
Hugo Mingo ....  Dancer 
Gustavo Miori ....  Dancer 
Sabrina Morales ....  Dancer 
Víctor Nieva ....  Dancer 
Efraim Ordóñez ....  Dancer 
Paola Parrondo ....  Dancer 
Hugo Patyn ....  Dancer 
Sonia Peralta ....  Dancer 
Ariel Pérez ....  Dancer 
Silvina Pérez ....  Dancer 
Marcia Recalde ....  Dancer 
Giuliana Rosetti ....  Dancer 
Sergio Salcedo ....  Dancer 
Horacio Salgán ....  Musician: El Nuevo Quinteto Real (Piano) 
Verónica Salmerón ....  Dancer 
Silvia Toscano ....  Dancer 
Patricio Touceda ....  Dancer 
Kazumi Ubara ....  Dancer 
Jesús Velázquez ....  Dancer 
Lorena Yacono ....  Dancer 

Produced by:
Alejandro Bellaba ....  co-producer 
Luis Ángel Bellaba ....  associate producer 
José María Calleja ....  co-producer 
Juan Carlos Codazzi ....  producer 
Carlos Mentasti ....  producer 
Rainer Mockert ....  associate producer 
Carlos Rizzuti ....  associate producer 
Luis A. Scalella ....  producer 

Original Music by:
Lalo Schifrin 

Non-Original Music by:
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez   (tango "La Cumparsita") 

Cinematography by:
Vittorio Storaro 

Film Editing by:
Julia Juaniz 

Production Design by:
Emilio Basaldua 

Set Decoration by:
Marianna Sourrouille 

Costume Design by:
Milena Canonero 
Beatriz De Benedetto 

Makeup Department:
Nélida Aued ....  assistant hair stylist 
Mirta Blanco ....  makeup artist 
Mirta Castillo ....  key hair stylist 
Marta E. Medina ....  assistant makeup artist 
Maria Isabel Nanotti ....  assistant hair stylist 
Jorge Rovera ....  assistant hair stylist 
Cecilia Smith ....  assistant makeup artist 
María Eugenia Varela ....  assistant makeup artist 

Production Management:
Hugo Lauria ....  production manager 

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
Carlos Saura Medrano ....  assistant director 

Art Department:
Gustavo Larrosa ....  assistant property master 
Julio Pascoli ....  construction crew 

Sound Department: 
Pedro Marra ....  boom operator 
Alexis Stavropulos ....  sound assistant 
Jorge Stavropulos ....  sound 

Visual Effects by: 
Stefano Ballirano ....  digital artist 
Fabrizio Storaro ....  digital effects supervisor 

Other crew:
Fabrizio Amendola ....  chief electrician 
Rubén Bejarano ....  electrician 
Fabio Cafolla ....  consolle operator 
Filippo Cafolla ....  gaffer 
Miguel Caram ....  second assistant camera 
Marco Carosi ....  first assistant camera: second unit 
Juan Carlos Copes ....  choreographer 
Mauro Diamanti ....  dolly grip 
Andres Gavilan ....  electrician 
Noemí Granata ....  casting supervisor 
Alicia Macchi ....  assistant costume designer 
Fátima Macera ....  assistant costume designer 
Júlio Madurga ....  camera operator 
Graciela Portela ....  still photographer 
Carlos Rivarola ....  choreographer 
Tao Ruspoli ....  camera department intern 
Ann Maria Stekelman ....  choreographer 
Fabrizio Storaro ....  video assist operator 
Paula Taratuto ....  assistant costume designer 
Maria Ines Teyssie ....  casting supervisor 
Fabio Zamarion ....  camera operator 
Olga Álvarez ....  costumer 

Also Known As:
Tango (1998) (Argentina) (short title) (International: English title) (USA) 
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sensuality, some disturbing images and brief language.
Runtime: 115 min / Argentina:126 min 
Country: Spain / Argentina 
Language: Spanish 
Color: Color 
Sound Mix: Dolby