El Acompañamiento is a 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed and written by Carlos Orgambide. The musical was based on a play by Carlos Gorostiza

Carlos Gorostiza

Carlos Gorostiza is a prominent Argentine playwright, theatre director and novelist.-Life and work:Carlos Gorostiza was born to Basque Argentine parents in the upscale Buenos Aires borough of Palermo...

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Synopsis

The film is based on Tango music

Tango music

Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...

, an integral part of Argentine culture.

The 1991 film is an adaption of a play

Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

 by the same name written by Carlos Gorostiza

Carlos Gorostiza

Carlos Gorostiza is a prominent Argentine playwright, theatre director and novelist.-Life and work:Carlos Gorostiza was born to Basque Argentine parents in the upscale Buenos Aires borough of Palermo...

, one of the central figures in the Open Theatre

Argentine Open Theatre

The Argentine Open Theatre was an independent theatre company in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Origins:The theatre in Argentina had developed alongside the nation's emergence as a modern economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

 movement of the early 1980s. The story revolves around the central character of Tuco, (portrayed by Carlos Carella) a singer who struggles to make his debut on television.

Cast

• Carlos Carella as Tuco
• Franklin Caicedo
• Haydée Padilla
• María Rosa Gallo
  María Rosa Gallo
  María Rosa Gallo was an Argentine actress.-Theatre:* 1943 "El Carnaval del Diablo", de Juan Oscar Ponferrada.* 1946 "Fascinación", de M. Winter. Premio de la Crítica y Revista Talía....
  
  
• Ana María Giunta
• Alberto Busaid
• Oscar Viale
• Enrique Liporace
  Enrique Liporace
  -Life and work:Liporace began his career as an actor in 1963, when he was cast in La terraza, directed by period piece filmmaker Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. He earned extensive credits as a supporting actor in Argentine cinema, television and theatre in subsequent years, working with leading local...
  
  
• Mónica Scapparone
• Carlos Alberto Parrilla
• Fernando Iglesias ("Tacholas")
• Alicia Aresté
• Enrique Mazza
• María Silvia Varela
• Carlos de Urquiza

Release

The film was released on August 6, 1992, in Spain

Spain

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, and was released later in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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