Scent of a Woman

Starring: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Director: Martin Brest

Scent of a woman, is an American remake of "Profumo di donna" directed by Dino Risi.

In order to earn the money for his flight home for Christmas, Charlie (Chris O`Donell) a student who comes from a poor family takes a job over Thanksgiving day looking after retired Army officer Frank Slade (Al Pacino). Colonel Frank Slade, drags Charlie along to NY for a wild weekend...
Scent of a Woman Tango, danced by Al Pacino and Gabrielle Anwar



Scent of a Woman won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Al Pacino) and was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

For the famous Tango scene in the movie, Al Pacino prepared by taking intensive tango lessons at Dance Sport dance studio in Manhattan. It took 4 days to film that sequence in the dancesport studio.

The tango heard in the movie Scent of a Woman is Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel. The Tango "Por Una Cabeza" features also in scenes in the movies Schindler’s List and True Lies.