Midsummer Night’s Tango
A film by Viviane Blumenschein.
In co-production with Illume Ltd. (Finland), Gema Films (Argentina), SF and 3sat.
With the support of the MEDIA Progamme of the European Union.
Funded by Filmförderungsanstalt – FFA, Mediaboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Finnish Film Foundation and the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales.
Finns have a quirky sense of humour – and are a bit shy. But: Tango is THE folk music of the Finns. The documentary discovers the Finnish tango from the viewpoint of the singer Chino Laborde, the guitarist Diego “DIPI” Kvitko and the bandoneonist Pablo Greco. The three Argentine musicians travel to Finland to find out whether Aki Kaurismäki is telling the truth when he asserts that tango music was invented in Finland.
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Midsummer Night’s Tango
A film by Viviane Blumenschein.
In co-production with Illume Ltd. (Finland), Gema Films (Argentina), SF and 3sat.
With the support of the MEDIA Progamme of the European Union.
Funded by Filmförderungsanstalt – FFA, Mediaboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Finnish Film Foundation and the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales.
Tango was born in Buenos Aires and no one dances tango as passionately as the Argentineans do – that is at least what the Argentineans themselves believe. Tango is as Finnish as sauna and skiing – that is what the famous Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki and many of his fellow countrymen are convinced of. Two countries, two opinions, two musical traditions.
“Midsummer Night’s Tango” is a humorous, light-hearted road movie, accompanying three Argentinean tango musicians as they leave the milongas of Buenos Aires behind to discover tango in faraway Finland.
Singer Chino Laborde, guitarist Diego “DIPI” Kvitko and bandoneonist Pablo Greco are the stereotypical Argentinean tango musicians. They are noisy, passionate and one hundred percent convinced that their music is the only true tango. Travelling through Finland, they dive into a completely new world. Long strips of forests, hundreds of lakes, bright summer nights and, above all, slightly shy and quiet people who play this foreign music called Finnish tango.
Travelling through the scenic landscape, they encounter great Finnish tango singers and composers such as Reijo Taipale, Sanna Pietiainen and M. A. Numminen. They stumble across open-air dance halls in the deep forest, where people dance through the long midsummer nights to the sound of the melancholic Finnish tango.
Director Viviane Blumemschein created a delicate music documentary, using big, beautifully shot images to capture a longing every tango song sings about. The film is filled with great tango music and the masterpieces of Finnish tango, like “Satumaa (Wonderland)“.
“Midsummer Night’s Tango” is a music-laden, humorous cinema documentary, capturing the many comic and charming moments when musicians from two worlds come together – to discover that they all share the same love for tango music, however different it might sound.
Script/Director: Viviane Blumenschein
With Walter „Chino“ Laborde, Diego „Dipi“ Kvitko, Pablo Greco
Assistant Director : Lisa Häfner, Ella Ruohonen
Director of Photography: Björn Knechtel
Assistant DoP 1st Unit: Diego Mendizabal
Assistant DoP 2nd Unit: Bruno Carbonetti
Editing: Oliver Weiss
Sound: Risto Hankala, Manuel de Andrés
Assistant Sound : Valtteri Rajamäki
Sound Postproduction: Guido Berenblum, Manuel de Andrés
Music: Diego Kvitko
Producer: Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Associate Producer: Anahita Nazemi, Sarah Maret
Line Producer Germany: Kathrin Isberner
Line Producer Finland: Venla Hellstedt
Line Producer Argentina: Gema Juárez Allen
Production Manager: Mayra Bottero, Fito Pochat, Marianne Mäkelä
Production Assistant: Nick Pastucha, Judith Fächner
Technical Supervisor: Philipp Weigold
Production Administrator: Sandra Zentgraf
Executive Producer: Christian Beetz
Co-Producer: Gema Juarez Allen, Gema Films (Argentinien),
Pertti Veijalainen, ILLUME Ltd. (Finnland)
Commissioning Editor ZDF/3SAT: Sonja Schneider
Music:
"La Cumparsita / Tropiikin Yö" - Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
"Nueve de Julio" - José Luis Padula / Lito Bayardo
"Buenos Aires mi querido" - Carlos Gardel / Le Pera
"Union Civica" - Domingo Santa Cruz
"Sus Ojos se cerraron" - Carlos Gardel / Le Pera
"Don Juan" - Florindo Sassone
"Guitarra dimelo tu" - Atahualpa Yupanqui
"Satumaa" - Unto Mononen
"Die Welt ist wie Seide nur" - M.A. Numminen
"Onnenpaivät" - Kari Linquist
"Canción de Buenos Aires" - Orestes Cúfaro / Azucena Maizani / Romero
"Unikuva" - Tapio Lahtinen
"Liljankukka" - Toivo Kärki
"Cambalache" - Disceepolo / Enrique Santos
"Lltatähti" - Kari Linquist
"Tulisuudelma / El Chocklo" - A.Villoldo
"Hiljainen Kylätie" - Metro Tytöt
"Volver" - Carlos Gardel
"Tähdet meren Yllä" - Unto Mononen
"Kevät" - Risto Ollila
"Azucena Alcoba" - Yuri Venturi / Roberto "Palo" Pandolfo
"Nido gaucho" - Marco / Hector / Carlos di Sarli
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Midsummer Night’s Tango
BAFICI - Arte Multiplex Belgrano - Buenos Aires, Argentina
14 April 2013 at 11:05 pm -
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Rio 2 - DOK.fest München
12 May 2013 at 8:30 am -
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Rio 2 - DOK.fest München - Munich, Germany
16 May 2013 at 6:00 am -
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Musikfilmtage - Oberaudorf
13 July 2013 at 9:30 pm -
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Strandbad Open-Air - Fünf Seen Film Festival - Starnberg
01 August 2013 at 9:30 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Schlossberghalle - Fünf Seen Film Festival - Starnberg
01 August 2013 at 10:00 pm -
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Breitwand - Fünf Seen Film Festival - Seefeld
03 August 2013 at 10:30 pm -
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Espoo Kulturzentrum - Louhisali, Finland
20 August 2013 at 7:15 pm -
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Spazio Oberdan, Milano Film Festival - Milan, Italy
06 September 2013 at 9:00 pm -
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Teatro Strehler, Milano Film Festival - Milan, Italy
10 September 2013 at 3:00 pm -
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Teatro Studio, Milano Film Festival - Milan, Italiy
12 September 2013 at 9:00 pm -
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Raindance Film Festival - London, UK
02 October 2013 at 6:00 pm -
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Nordic Film Days - Lübeck, Germany
31 October 2013 at 5:00 pm -
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Nordic Film Days - Lübeck
31 October 2013 at 8:00 pm -
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Nordic Film Days - Lübeck
30 October 2013 – 03 November 2013 -
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Nordic Film Days - Lübeck, Germany
03 November 2013 at 8:15 pm -
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Ja Ja Ja Festival - London, UK
09 November 2013 at 5:30 pm -
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Rock Film Festival "Rokumentti" - Joensuu, Finland
16 November 2013 at 1:00 pm -
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Schouwburg Kleine Zaal, Film Festival Rotterdam - Rotterdam, Niederlande
28 January 2014 at 8:30 pm -
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Internationales Filmwochenende Kino Central 2 - Würzburg
31 January 2014 at 4:00 pm -
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Internationales Filmwochenende Kino Central 1 - Würzburg
01 February 2014 at 11:00 am -
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Avant Premiere / Music + Media Market Berlin - Berlin
12 February 2014 at 3:30 pm -
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sneak preview, Cinema - Münster
05 March 2014 at 7:00 pm -
Avant Premiére 2014 / Music + Media Market Berlin
10 March 2014 at 8:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
in the presence of the director, Cinema - Düsseldorf
10 March 2014 at 8:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
in the presence of the director, Abaton - Hamburg
11 March 2014 at 8:00 pm -
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in the presence of the director, Kultrubrauerei - Berlin
12 March 2014 at 8:30 pm -
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in the presence of the director, Programmkino Ost - Dresden
13 March 2014 at 7:45 pm -
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Premiere in Leipzig, Passage Kino - Leipzig
14 March 2014 at 7:00 pm -
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in the presence of the director, Friedrichsbau - Freiburg
14 March 2014 at 7:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
International Film Festival Guadalajara, Hilton Auditorium - Mexico
23 March 2014 at 6:30 pm -
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International Film Festival Guadalajara, Cinépolis CM 4 - Mexico
24 March 2014 at 5:00 pm -
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International Film Festival Guadalajara, Cinépolis CM 4 - Mexico
25 March 2014 at 9:45 pm -
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Minneapolis International Film Festival - USA
08 April 2014 at 12:00 am -
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Festival Internacional De Cine - Panama
03 April 2014 – 09 April 2014 -
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Minneapolis International Film Festival - USA
10 April 2014 at 12:00 am -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival - Brüssel (tbc)
03 April 2014 – 11 April 2014 -
Midsummer Night's Tango
The Loft at Q Theatre - Documentary Edge Festival - Auckland
23 May 2014 at 9:30 pm -
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Rangatira at Q Theatre - Documentary Edge Festival - Auckland
26 May 2014 at 4:15 pm -
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Milano Film Festival - Milano
04 June 2014 at 12:00 am -
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Cinema 2 Roxy - Documentary Edge Festival - Wellington
05 June 2014 at 7:45 pm -
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Gdansk Docfilm Festival - Neptun - Gdansk
06 June 2014 at 10:00 pm -
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Cinema 1 Roxy - Documentary Edge Festival - Wellington
09 June 2014 at 12:00 pm -
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Budapest International Documentary Festival - Latabár - Budapest
25 September 2014 at 9:15 pm -
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Ars Independent Festival - Poland
27 September 2014 at 10:00 pm -
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ARD Kino im ARD Forum - Frankfurter Buchmesse
09 October 2014 at 4:30 pm -
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Filmfest Eberswalde - Eberswalde
09 October 2014 at 8:00 pm -
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World Music Expo (WOMEX) - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
23 October 2014 at 6:00 pm -
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Cinema São Luiz - Panorama Alemão - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife
25 October 2014 at 5:20 pm -
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Espaço Itaú de Cinema - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema - Salvador
02 November 2014 at 8:10 pm -
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Espaço Itaú de Cinema - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema - Salvador
03 November 2014 at 6:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Espaço Itaú de Cinema - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema - Sao Paulo
06 November 2014 at 7:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Cairo Women Film Fest - Egypt
30 November 2014 at 9:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Cineteatro Baretti - SeeYouSound Festival - Turin
16 May 2015 at 4:30 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Sala 2 Multisala Ambrosio - SeeYouSound Festival - Turin
17 May 2015 at 11:00 am -
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Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival - Martha's Vineyard
26 June 2015 at 9:15 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Oltre il Cristallo - Dolceacqua
07 August 2015 at 9:15 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
Immagini & Soni del Mundo - Florence, Italy
02 November 2015 at 9:00 pm -
Midsummer Night's Tango
3sat
25 June 2016 at 10:30 pm -
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SF1
02 July 2016 at 9:50 am -
Midsummer Night's Tango
3sat
24 June 2017 at 8:15 pm
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6. Solo Positivo Filmfestival, 04.08.2015
The director Viviane Blumenschein talks about the importance of Tango.
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