Inspired in the book with the same title by António Lobo Antunes.
The life, hardships, love affairs, triumphs and failures of the world-renowned tango singer Carlos Gardel.
Two guys as different as a watchmaker and a television editor have to free Carlos Gardel's soul from a strange pact with the devil, who has it trapped. To break the spell, these fans of El Morocho del Abasto, and improvised exorcists, need to find a mythical figure of such popular force as Gardel: the great Diego Maradona.
A film that brings together ten of the fifteen shorts that Carlos Gardel filmed in 1930 under the direction of Eduardo Morera, in the film studios of the pioneer Federico Valle.
Newsreels, songs and films by Gardel, real scenes with events and historical figures from Argentina and the world, images of the accident that took his life in Medellín and the funeral in Buenos Aires.
Una Vida es el Tango
The life of the famous tango singer Carlos Gardel, his emergence, his mother, his loves, his friends etc.
Se llamaba Carlos Gardel
A young man is dedicated to singing, but only for his friends, and his godfather wants him to do it professionally.
A singer is in love with a young woman who is being extorted by a rich rancher.
Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Añoranzas", vals written and composed by José María Aguilar.
In a decadent flea market there are rumors of a legend that inhabits the place. However, he is confined to his post until Carlos Gardel appears to him and gives him a mission in order to restore the shine of the Market.
Bar de Mala Muerte
The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle of Argentine theater and music.
A group of Carlos Gardel fans gathers every year at the Chacarita Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of his death. Gardeliana portrays the ritual of a national hero, a day of saddened faces that coexist between the marvelous and the ghostly.
The life, work and tragic disappearance of Carlos Gardel, the Creole thrush.
Through important testimonies, the director Miguel Rodríguez Arias intends to reveal facts that intertwine the life of the singer with that of his people. His desires, his virtues, his defects and his defeats. It is the story of a captivating voice, the reflection of a soul that transcends borders and languages with its art.
For thirty years, Carlos Escayola was the main politician of the small town of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. This farmer was known both for his political and cultural achievements (including the construction of a theater), and for the reputation of seducer, which earned him one of the greatest family polemics in the history of the region.
A documentary about Medellín's historic and continued connection to tango and its most iconic figure.
Idil, a wedding dress designer, finds herself caught in a conflict involving her ex-boyfriend and a bride's impending marriage. As she navigates this situation, she grapples with her own past and the complexities of relationships.