12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires is a German documentary film from director and producer Arne Birkenstock.

The movie was produced by Cologne production companies Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien and Tradewind Pictures in colobaration with ZDF and Arte.

In the "Catedral", a 200 years old granary in Buenos Aires, an orchestra plays 12 well known tangos, while the weekly ball guests move in circles.

Rodrigo is the son of Bolivian immigrants, Fabiana lives alone with her three siblings since her mother left to work as a cleaning lady in Spain, in order to earn enough money to pay rent.

The orchestra's repertoire includes classics such as "Adiós Nonino", "Sur", "La Cachila", "La Puñalada" and "Milonga de mis amores" and lesser-known treasures such as "Pampero", "En carne propia" or the waltz "El Paisaje, and new compositions such as "Ironía del Salón" and "Corralito".