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Argentina - Dancing to the Music of the Mind

Argentinian film director, writer and tango enthusiast Edgardo Cozarinsky finds out why psychoanalysis is so popular in his native land.

Buenos Aires has more psychoanalysts per head of the population than any city outside New York. Why does every taxi driver argue the merits of Lacan versus Freud?

Argentinian film director, writer and tango enthusiast Edgardo Cozarinsky talks to artists, dancers, novelists and other Argentinians to find out why psychotherapy has such a pervasive influence - even in the tango bars.

45 minutes

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  • Sun 10 Feb 2008 21:30
  • Wed 3 Sep 2008 21:45

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