Documentary produced by The Argentine Tango Society, directed by Daniel Tonelli and Marcelo Turrisi.
One year before the inauguration of the Buenos Aires obelisk, the Marabú opened its doors, symbol of Buenos Aires nightlife and the most prominent of the many cabarets in the area. Owner of a unique atmosphere and a mystique that grew over time, the Marabú received his assistants with the smile of the elegant ladies who made their stay in the room more pleasant and enjoyable.
Place frequented by artists, athletes, politicians, pawns and bacanes, the Marabú was the scene where the 1 July 1937 debuted, nothing more and nothing less than the Aníbal Troilo orchestra, with the voice of Francisco Fiorentino.
The Argentine Tango Society presents its new documentary production, “Todo el mundo al Marabú”, performed by Daniel Tonelli and Marcelo Turrisi, coordinated by Silvina Damiani.
Deserved recognition to a site that occupies an important place in the history of the tango. And not only because he knew how to become “the temple” of the fat Pichuco and his orchestra, but because the most important formations of our city music left their wake in it.: the Carlos Di Sarli orchestras, Juan D’Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Alfredo De Angelis, Rodolfo Biagi, Armando Pontier, Florindo Sassone, among other, and the voices of Alberto Podestá, Roberto Rufino, Julio Sosa, Roberto Goyeneche, Edmundo Rivero, And a long etcetera.
The testimonies follow one another and the anecdotes sprout, like the story of the birth of the unforgettable tango “Like two strangers”, composed by José María Contursi inspired by the story of a broken love, starring a waiter and a girl from the cabaret in the late '30s; the memory of the players of “machine” of River who attended to listen to the Troilo orchestra and many other famous habitúes; the brawls between the followers of the typical orchestras and the followers of the Jazz bands .
And more recent and surprising anecdotes, like the tumultuous performance of Hugo del Carril, during the dark period of the military dictatorship, and the debut of Soda Stereo on the Marabú stage, sharing the show with Los abuelos de la Nada, Virus y Los Twists, in the year 1982.
Endless stories that make up the history of an emblematic place, who dressed in Tango with capital letters during the glorious era of the 1930s, the '40 and the '50 and what, after some periods of silence, Today it is reborn again by the hand of the new orchestras and the young dancers who currently animate the night of the milongas that, one time, more illuminate the mythical enclosure.
