Heartbreak Tango (Spanish: Boquitas pintadas) is a 1974 Argentine drama film, directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
It was adapted from Argentine writer Manuel Puig's 1969 novel of the same name (English: Heartbreak Tango).
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 22nd position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 47th position.
Cast
Alfredo Alcón as Juan Carlos Etchpare
Marta Yolanda González as Nené (as Martha González) Luisina Brando as Mabel Saénz Raúl Lavié as Francisco Paez / Pancho Leonor Manso as Antonia / La Rabadilla