The Christmas Tango

The Christmas Tango

7.1IMDb Score
Released:2011-12-01
Duration:102 min
Country:Greece
Director:Nikos Koutelidakis
Actors:Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis, Vicky Papadopoulou, Eleni Kokkidou
Production:N-Orasis Audiovisual, Graal

Overview:

At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

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