RIGA IFF: Dzīves tango

Erika Lifredo, Krista Burāne
Tango of Life
Il tango della vita
LV, IT, AR
2024, 76', lv, it
Recommended from the age of 12. I haven't invented new coping strategies," says Claudio, whose Parkinson's disease is progressing. He is aware that his body is rapidly succumbing to the diagnosis and will soon end up in a wheelchair, but his body and spirit are sustained by the tango dance. Claudio himself has promised his wife Ivana that one day they will dance in Buenos Aires, but there is not much time left. The passion for tango brings them together with the composer Artur Muscat, who becomes his therapist, and the musical twists he creates become incredibly effective medicine.

An unyielding proof that art transcends national, mental and physical boundaries. In the documentary portrait work of Italian director Lifredo and cinema and theater director Burāne, the story of Claudio and Ivana is interwoven with the metaphor of tango - you need two who can dance. This thesis brings together both the characters of the film and other patients, as well as their relationships and lives - especially the meaning of creation and sharing. The tango therapy experienced by Claudio and Ivana inspired Muscat to write a new work in collaboration with accordionist Ksenia Sidorova. Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who has never danced himself, spoke about tango as an art of resistance: "It is a direct expression of what poets have often tried to put into words: the belief that a fight can also be a celebration."

Recommended age: 12+
Screen language: Latvian, Italian
Subtitle language: Latvian, English
Synchronous translation: none
Duration of screening: 76 min
Place for a wheelchair : is

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