''The Song Tells Its Story'' ( es, El canto cuenta su historia), sometimes ''The Tango Tells Its Story'', is a 1976

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musical film directed by

Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of the ...

and Héctor Olivera. The film tells the history of song in Argentina, with a particular history of

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

. 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.Jean Graham Jones, "Héctor Olivera", pp. 1764–1767 in, Derek Jones (ed), ''Censorship: A World Encyclopedia'', Routledge, 2001 . The film should not be confused with ''The Tango Tells its Story'', ( es, El tango cuenta su historia) released in 1914, a documentary history of the tango.

Cast

Musical performers

Musicians performing in the film are: * Cayetano Daglio * Ángel Villoldo *

Francisco Canaro Francisco Canaro (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 y ...

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...

* Rosita Quiroga *

Ignacio Corsini Ignacio Corsini (February 13, 1891 – July 26, 1967) was an Italian-born Argentine folklore and tango musician. Life and work Andrea Corsini, such his real name, was born in Troina, a village in the Enna Province of Sicily, in 1891. He was f ...

Ada Falcón Ada Falcón (born Aída Elsa Ada Falcone; 17 August 1905 – 4 January 2002) was an Argentina, Argentine Tango (dance), tango dancer, singer and film actress of the 1920s and 1930s. She starred in the film ''Ídolos de la radio'' in 1934. She w ...

Agustín Magaldi Agustín Magaldi Coviello (December 1, 1898 – September 8, 1938) was an Argentinian tango and milonga singer. His nickname was "La voz sentimental de Buenos Aires" ("The sentimental voice of Buenos Aires"). Magaldi took part in the opening br ...

and

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* Marta de los Ríos * Margarita Palacios *

Eduardo Falú Eduardo Falú (July 7, 1923August 9, 2013) was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer. Life and work Eduardo Falú was born in El Galpón, a village near San José de Metán in the province of Salta, in 1923. His parents, Fada and Juan ...

* Los Cantores de Quilla Huasi *

Jorge Cafrune Jorge Antonio Cafrune ( Perico Del Carmen, Jujuy, August 8, 1937 – Buenos Aires, February 1, 1978) was one of the most popular Argentine folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging researcher, compilator, and diffuser of the nati ...

* Amelita Baltar * Los Hermanos Abalos Some of these performances are archive footage from other films of notable singers.Armando Rapallo, ''Fernando Ayala'', p. 28, Centro Editor de America Latina, 1993 (in Spanish) .

References

External links

* 1976 films Argentine musical films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Ayala Films directed by Héctor Olivera 1970s Argentine films Spanish-language musical films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub