''Heartbreak Tango'' (Spanish: ''Boquitas pintadas'') is a 1974 Argentine
drama film
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, directed by
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
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Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to ...
.
It was adapted from Argentine writer
Manuel Puig
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...
Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken
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History
The Cinema Museum of the City of Buenos Aires was created on O ...
in 2000, the film reached the 22nd position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
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, the film reached the 47th position.
Cast
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Alfredo Alcón
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He worked in more than 50 movies s ...
Luisina Brando
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Life and work
Raúl Alberto Peralta was born in Álvarez, located in the Rosario Department of the Santa Fe Province, Argentina ...