Embassy Luncheon

In the summer of ´51, one word was on everybody's lips - Tango, the sizzling date movie of the year. Filmed on location in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gene and her leading man sets hearts afire with their rapturous portrayals of Adell and Raoul, a strong-willed diplomat's daughter and her dark-eyed, artist paramour.

In a memorable scene, Gene is hosting a luncheon for her ambassador father at the US embassy. She is the model hostess - yet her gracious smile hides sadness. Her father had ruthlessly separated the two lovers, and announced her engagement to a wealthy dilettante of his choosing. Adell is crushed by her seeming abandonment by Raoul. It is during this formal and subdued diplomatic luncheon that Raoul unexpectedly returns from an enforced recruitment aboard a seagoing tanker. In a flash, it is all too clear to Adell what her father has attempted. Tempers flare, and much is said that will later be regretted. The luncheon is shattered. Catching up her silver foy stole and purse, she lays a hand upon her lover's arm, gazing up at him with incandescent happiness. Together they walk triumphatly out of the embassy as the ambassador bellows in fury and audiences cheer for young love!

An exotic locale, rich technicolor, and some of the most breathtakingly beautiful close-ups ever taken of an actress and actor, transformed Tango from a romantic film into cinematic history.

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