Christmas Tango (2011)
"To tango ton Hristougennon" (original title)

Director:

Nikos Koutelidakis

Writer:

Yannis Xanthoulis (book)

Stars:

Giannis Bezos, Antinoos Albanis, Yannis Stankoglou

Cast

Credited cast:
Giannis Bezos	...	Manolis Loggos
Antinoos Albanis	...	Lazaros Lazarou
Yannis Stankoglou	...	Stefanos Karamanidis
Vicky Papadopoulou	...	Zoi Loggou
Eleni Kokkidou	...	Paraskevi
Vassilis Risvas	...	Notis Voskopoulos
Giannis Papagiannis	...	Anastasiou
Kontogiannis Foivos	...	Balaskas
Giorgos Papageorgiou	...	Doctor
Vangelis Romnios	...	Bakas
Thanos Hronis	...	Kallergis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marina Aloupi
Dimitris Antoniou
Giorgos Konstas	...	Brigadier general
Giota Militsi

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

kissing | unrequited love | dancing | holiday in title | gay character | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Release Date:

1 December 2011 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Christmas Tango

Company Credits

Production Co:

Graal, N-Orasis Audiovisual

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Naive and shallow

A supposedly "tender" film, "The tango of Christmas" is a tale about "love" in a gloomy place during a dark era of the recent Greek history.

However, without the adequate emotional depth to support the story, the film ends up like a caricature of a true love story. The characters have not been "carved" enough to provide a convincing background to what happens in the film. A "strict" Colonel who is nothing else but strict, a "fragile" Colonel's wife who only needs love, a Lieutenant who is in love with the Colonel's wife in a ridiculously primitive way and a soldier who is in love with the Lieutenant.

Nothing more. Meanwhile, the Colonel "struggles" for a good transfer to the Capital (Athens), his wife sleeps all day, the Lieutenant learns how to dance and the soldier does not know exactly what he wants to do: To go back home to see his dying mother, or to stay at the camp to have another dance with the Lieutenant? He finally catches a cold, but a very serious one!

What is even more disappointing, although shamelessly used in the title of the film to attract the Season's viewers, Christmas means nothing to any of the heroes of the film. Consequently, the film should better be "The tango of Carnival" or even "The tango of the High School Graduates' Ball", which would certainly fit better with the totally naive concept of the film.