Naked Tango

Naked Tango
Directed by	Leonard Schrader
Written by	Leonard Schrader
Starring	Vincent D’Onofrio Mathilda May Esai Morales Fernando Rey

Naked Tango is a 1991 film written and directed by Leonard Schrader. It starred Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and Fernando Rey.^[1]

Plot summary

Returning by ship to Buenos Aires, a young woman escapes her elderly husband by swapping places with a woman committing suicide. She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a trick to get her working in a brothel. The film plays on the supposed, if not quite true, association of tango with brothels and clearly alludes to the practices of the Zwi Migdal white-slavery and prostitition ring that was active in Buenos Aires early in the twentieth century.^[2]

References

1. ^ Naked Tango in IMDB
2. ^ Nora Glickman (1999) The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman Routledge

External links

• Naked Tango at the Internet Movie Database