Tango Shalom 2021

MOVIE INFORMATION

Movie Name: Tango Shalom

Director: Gabriel Bologna

Cast: Jos Laniado,Claudio Laniado,Renée Taylor,Lainie Kazan,Joseph Bologna,Judi Beecher,Karina Smirnoff,Philip Anthony-Rodriguez,Joanne Baron,Marci Fine,David Serero.

Edited By: Robert Meyer Burnett

Music By: Zoe Tiganouria,Zizi Bologna.

Distributed By: Vision Films

Release Date: 2021-10-29

Release Year: 2021

Country: United States

Available Language: English

Budget: Not Expose

IMDB: 5.7

Box Office: Not Expose

Genre Main: Comedy

Genre Full: Comedy,Family,Music.

Filming Company: Convivencia Forever Films

Official Site: https://www.tangoshalommovie.com/

Picture Color: color

Sound Mix: N/A

Picture Quality: 720p

File Size: 1GB

Story Line: A Tango dancer and a rabbi develop a plan to enter a dance competition without sacrificing his orthodox beliefs. Family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time. Hasidic Rabbi and amateur Hora dancer, Moshe Yehuda (Jos Laniado), enters a televised tango competition to save his Hebrew School from bankruptcy. But there is one big dilemma: in Orthodox Judaism, a married man is not allowed to touch a woman other than his wife. Moshe enlists the support of a Catholic priest (Joe Bologna) and leaders of various other faiths who understand the burden the modern world can place on traditional religious beliefs. Together, they devise a plan to assist Moshe to dance in the competition without compromising his moral code. Kaslow thinks the comedy, directed by Gabriel Bologna with a sweet message and a star (Lainie Kazan) and producer (Joel Zwick) from the 2002 breakout hit My Big, Fat Greek Wedding, also benefitted from an exclusive theatrical run. Distributors have been noting the one-two boon of a decent window (60 days in this case) and strong marketing to gin up box office dollars for good specialty films in the current climate of lingering Covid. Tango Shalom reminded me a lot of the great 1996 Japanese film Shall We Dance (not the less good American remake). In that film a tired Japanese businessman sees a woman dancing and decides to take lessons from her. Like Moshe that lead is married and committed to his marriage, so this is not that kind of rom-com. No cheating is involved. In fact, in this case there is a lot of effort put into them keeping the tradition of social distancing for religious reasons. Both stories are about the connection, self-confidence and joy that comes from breaking the day-to-day grind of normal life- the happiness that comes from learning something new and having fun with a project.