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Nominated for the Best Live-Action Short Oscar, this sweet comedy seems like a well-told conventional love story until a late revelation sends the soaring in a new direction. Andre (Dirk van Dijck) is an office clerk who during quiet times at work has struck up a relationship with a tango lover online. Not knowing one thing about the tango, he desperately enlists the help of all-work co-worker Frans (Koen van Impe) to teach him to dance. With only two weeks to learn, Frans doesn’t think that is up to the challenge.

Dijck is a nerdish fellow with a good heart. He has misrepresented himself to the woman online, but his intentions are noble. Frans is a man who doesn’t like to mix his social life with his work life, so Andre has to prove that he has the passion it takes to dance the tango. Frans is an intense man, who once convinced to teach Andre, never lets Andre have a moments break from his training. Accompanying Andre to the tango event with the woman, Frans watches with eagerness to see if his student can do it, allowing the stoic man to open up his personality as well. Director Guy Thys plays on conventions so well that when hidden truths are revealed we are thoroughly and joyously surprised. The end makes a reevaluate everything that had come before. This charming short uplifts with a surprising hopefulness.

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