Movies: Roberto Firpo

¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, makin...

The director of a tango set is in love with the singer but she marries another man who eventually abandons her. In their old age, their children will fulfill their dreams....

The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently conside...

A worker looking for money for his blind mother's operation, presents himself as a tango singer and achieves success....

A young painter who frequents the poor neighborhoods looking for motifs for his works becomes the lover of a prostitute-singer....