Christmas Tango


Christmas Tango is a 2011 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Koutelidakis.

Plot

Christmas Tango is based on the novel by.
An unexpected meeting between the sixty-five-year-old Lazaros Lazarou and a young man, on Christmas Day brings back hidden memories from 1970 when a sensual tango at a Christmas celebration at an army camp in Evros was the focus for the intersection of four lives: an introverted soldier; a harsh lieutenant; a strict and very conservative colonel; and Zoi Loggou, the colonel's wife.
Zoi Loggou's life is suffocating until she discovers a secret admirer in the barracks who forces one of his soldiers to teach him how to dance the tango for the Christmas party so that he can get close to Zoi and reveal his love for her.
Coming back to the present and Zoi today is aged about sixty-five and also suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Cast

Production

Filming began in January 2011 in Aliartos, where part of the shoot took place at the buildings of the Kopais Organization.
In March 2011, the production moved to Karoti, where an abandoned military camp was cleaned and suitably modified to meet the needs of the shoot.
Filming also took place in the village of Metaxades in the Evros region, as well as in Athens, since the weather conditions in Evros did not allow all the scenes set in the military camp to be filmed there.
As a result, the interior scenes were filmed in locations in Athens and Aliartos.