Tango Libre (ex Quartier libre)

Tango Libre
Director
Frédéric Fonteyne
Country
Belgium, Luxemburg, France
Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Anne Paulicevich / Philippe Blasband
Cast
François Damiens / Anne Paulicevich / Sergi Lopez / Jan Hamenecker
Production
Artémis Productions / Samsa Film / Liaison Cinématographique

Storyline

JC is a prison guard. He is a man without a story, hiding behind rules. He only has one fantasy: Tango dancing. One night, in dance class, JC meets Alice. They dance together.The next day he sees her again in the prison visiting room. First visiting one man, then another...Alice is the wife of two inmates, Fernand and Dominic, whom she follows with her son from prison to prison.The prison rules prohibit the guards from socializing with inmates' family members.For the first time in his life, JC is about to break the rules.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2012
Section "Orizzonti"
Special Jury Prize
BFI London Film Festival 2012
Warsaw Film Festival 2012
Grand Prix
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013
Horizons

Releases

Spain (3 of May 2013)
France (28 of November 2012)
Belgium (7 of November 2012)

Call for proposals i2i Audiovisual
Year 2011
Call number 27/2010
Media support 50,000.00€

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2013
Call number 07/2012

Germany: MOVIENET FILM GMBH, 20.716,00€
Poland: HAGI FILM SP. Z O.O., 9.000,00€

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2011
Call number 01/2011

Austria: FILMCASINO & POLYFILM BETRIEBS GMBH,3.000,00€
Switzerland: AGORA FILMS SARL 4.200,00€ + 6.465,00€
Italy: BOLERO FILM SRL, 58.896,00€

Distribution:

Diaphana Films (France)
Cinéart (Belgium)