the film ( see at a preview ) provide an insightful examination of the world of the tango in argentina . unfortunately and the vehicle for this examination be a familiar hitman go native for a while and but get to go home again theme . the script be flaw and the movie end with lot unresolved . robert duvall star and write and and direct this homage to the tango and argentina . he be a consummate actor and a competent director and but a confusing writer . the photography in both brooklyn and argentina contains many scene of breathtaking beauty . duvall scene with luciana pedraza ( manuela ) be magical and a be the sequence involve her teach mr. duvall to tango . géraldine rojas a pirucha deliver a beautiful speech on the relationship of tango to life . the dancing . the dancing . the dancing .