Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

The Tango Lesson

Sally Potter 1997 color 102min
Captivated by a public performance of the tango, Potter decides to follow her muse to Argentina(home of the tango). There she makes her tango film and cast her boyfriend -dance instructor Pablo Veron as the star.When the actors are dancing, the movie soars. The early stages of Potter and Veron's relationship are also interesting, because of all the sublimated passion and unspoken rapport they share. Veron must learn to surrender control to a woman for the film to be made.But the roller coaster ride of thier friendship is not particularly interesting, as Veron is not Potter's equal anywhere but on the dance floor.

Director

Sally Potter

Sally Potter's work as an artist from the early 1970's, embranced dance, performance, theatre, music and fim. Since her first major hit with Thriller(1979).Sally has concentrated on film and directed her first feature in 1983. The Gold Diggers, winning the Berlin International Film Festival. Sally went on to make the short. The London Story and several documentaries before the internationally acclaimed and multi award winning Orlando, taking her work to a global audience. This was followed by The Tango Lesson which again received international critical and audience acclaim and garnered several awards. In 2000 Sally wrote and directed The Man Who Cried which consolidated her position as a major player in world cinema. Sally has just finished principal photography on her new film, Yes, scheduled for completion in early 2004.