The Song Tells Its Story (Spanish: El canto cuenta su historia), sometimes The Tango Tells Its Story, is a 1976 Argentine musical film directed by Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera.[1] The film tells the history of song in Argentina, with a particular history of tango.[2]
| The Tango Tells Its Story | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | El canto cuenta su historia |
| Directed by | Fernando Ayala Héctor Olivera |
Release date |
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| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The film was made during the period of the Argentine military dictatorship. The censorship of the regime forced Olivera and Ayala to cut scenes featuring the banned and exiled singer Mercedes Sosa.[1]
The film should not be confused with The Tango Tells its Story, (Spanish: El tango cuenta su historia) released in 1914, a documentary history of the tango.[3]
Cast
editMusical performers
editMusicians performing in the film are:[4]
- Cayetano Daglio
- Ángel Villoldo
- Francisco Canaro
- Carlos Gardel
- Rosita Quiroga
- Ignacio Corsini
- Ada Falcón
- Agustín Magaldi and Pedro Noda
- Marta de los Ríos
- Margarita Palacios
- Eduardo Falú
- Los Cantores de Quilla Huasi
- Jorge Cafrune
- Amelita Baltar
- Los Hermanos Abalos
Some of these performances are archive footage from other films of notable singers.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Jean Graham Jones, "Héctor Olivera", pp. 1764–1767 in, Derek Jones (ed), Censorship: A World Encyclopedia, Routledge, 2001 ISBN 1136798641.
- ^ Marilyn G. Miller, Tango Lessons: Movement, Sound, Image, and Text in Contemporary Practice, p. 29, Duke University Press, 2014 ISBN 0822377233.
- ^ Alfred Charles Richard, Contemporary Hollywood's Negative Hispanic Image, p. 280, Greenwood Press, 1994 ISBN 0313288410.
- ^ Jeff Todd Titon, Timothy J. Cooley, David Locke, David P. McAllester, Anne K. Rasmussen, David B. Reck, John M. Schechter, Jonathon P.J. Stock, R. Anderson Sutton, Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, p. 402, Cengage Learning, 2009 ISBN 1111807256.
- ^ Armando Rapallo, Fernando Ayala, p. 28, Centro Editor de America Latina, 1993 (in Spanish) ISBN 9789502531595.
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