A broke family, a fake marriage, and tango that might just save everything — or ruin it.
A marriage that saves a family from ruin and a student who goes from the books to the radio.
Production
Micro-budget studio magic — 69 minutes, zero fat.
Director
Julio Irigoyen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julio Irigoyen was a tango film factory — he cranked out dozens of these cheap, music-heavy melodramas in the 1930s-40s, essentially building Argentina's early film industry on the backs of working-class audiences who saw themselves on screen.
At 69 minutes, this is classic 'programmer' length — designed to fill the second half of a double bill, which explains the breakneck plotting and why everyone seems to make life-altering decisions in under ten minutes of screen time.
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