Christmas Tango

Christmas Tango (Greek: Το Τανγκό των Χριστουγέννων, translit. To tango ton Christougennon) is a 2011 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Koutelidakis.[1][2]

Christmas Tango
Film poster
Directed byNikos Koutelidakis
Produced byYannis Exintaris
Written byYannis Xanthoulis
StarringYannis Bezos
CinematographyYannis Drakoularakos
Release date
  • 1 December 2011 (2011-12-01)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Plot

The Christmas Tango is based on the novel by Yannis Xanthoulis.

An unexpected meeting between the sixty-five-year-old Lazaros Lazarou and a young man, on Christmas Day brings back hidden memories from 1970 when a sensual tango at a Christmas celebration at an army camp in Evros was the focus for the intersection of four lives: an introverted soldier; a harsh lieutenant; a strict and very conservative colonel; and Zoi Loggou (Vicky Papadopoulou), the colonel's wife.

Zoi Loggou's life is suffocating until she discovers a secret admirer in the barracks who forces one of his soldiers to teach him how to dance the tango for the Christmas party so that he can get close to Zoi and reveal his love for her.

Coming back to the present and Zoi today is aged about sixty-five and also suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Cast
  • Yannis Bezos as Manolis Loggos
  • Antinoos Albanis as Lazaros Lazarou
  • Yannis Stankoglou as Stefanos Karamanidis
  • Vicky Papadopoulou as Zoi Loggou
  • Eleni Kokkidou as Paraskevi
  • Vassilis Risvas as Notis Voskopoulos
  • Giannis Papagiannis as Anastasiou
  • Foivos Kontogiannis as Balaskas
  • Giorgos Papageorgiou as Doctor
  • Vangelis Romnios as Bakas
  • Thanos Chronis as Kallergis

Accolades
List of awards and nominations[3]
AwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
2012 Hellenic Film Academy AwardsBest MusicYannis AiolouWon
Best Production DesignGiorgos GeorgiouWon
Best Costumes DesignGiorgos GeorgiouWon

References
  1. Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 127. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  2. "Το Τανγκό των Χριστουγέννων". athinorama. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  3. "Awards". hellenicfilmacademy.gr. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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