General Humberto Rojas
John J. (Robert Duvall) é um assassino de aluguel que vai realizar um trabalho na Argentina. Enquanto o general que ele deveria matar se atrasa para retornar ao país, John passa o tempo com Manuela (Luciana Pedraza), uma bonita dançarina que se torna sua professora e o guia para o sensual mundo do tango. Enfeitiçado pelo rico e misterioso ritmo apresentado por Manuela, seu idílio termina quando o real motivo de sua presença ali começa a atormentá-lo.
A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by
