The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)

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127 min - Comedy | Romance | Drama - 9 September 1994 (USA)

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Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Darío Grandinetti	...	Oliverio
	Sandra Ballesteros	...	Ana
	Nacha Guevara	...	La Muerte (Death)
	André Mélançon	...	Erik
	Jean Pierre Reguerraz	...	Gustavo
	Mónica Galán	...	La ex esposa
	Inés Vernengo	...	La ciega
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Marisa Aguilera	...	Bigotuda
	Hugo Arana
	Mariana Baranchuk	...	Amiga Ana
	Claudia Bedacarratz	...	Mendiga
	Mario Benedetti	...	Poeta Aleman
	Jesús Berenguer	...	Publicitario 1
	Pablo Brichta	...	Novio
	Silvina Chaine	...	Mujeres cabaret

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Storyline

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love? Written by Jean-Marie Berthiaume <jiembe@videotron.ca>

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

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Country:

Argentina | Canada

Language:

Spanish | German

Release Date:

9 September 1994 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A szív sötét oldala See more »

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company Credits

Production Co:

CQ3 Films, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Max Films Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

This Argentina's official selection for the 1992 Oscar Awards, Foreign Language film category. When the Oscar nominations came out it was overlooked in favor of Un Lugar en el mundo (1992) (A Place in the World) which was later the only film in Academy Awards history to have been removed from the final ballot. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going (1995) See more »

Soundtracks

"Gloria RV 588"
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Choral St-John's College See more »

The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
El lado oscuro del corazón (original title)

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