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ADIÓS BUENOS AIRES

From the director of the movie “The Last Tango.”

Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis. . The country‘s economy is stagnating and the peso is plunging deeper and deeper, while the anger and distrust of the Argentinian people towards their corrupt government is growing steadily. In the midst of these troubled times, the Vecinos de Pompeya – a five-piece tango band – are trying to keep their heads above water. Julio the bandoneon player plans to emigrate to Germany together with his daughter Paula and his mother Dorothea. Julio sets about taking care of his last affairs in Buenos Aires – but he can‘t get away from the city so easily.

ADIÓS BUENOS AIRES
German Kral, Argentina, 2023, 90’