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The Dark Side of the Heart

Original title: El lado oscuro del corazón
  • 19921992
  • RR
  • 2h 7m
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7.4/10
3.9K
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The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
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?
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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. In Montevideo, he meets ... Read allOliveiro 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... Read allOliveiro 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 wha... Read all
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    • Eliseo Subiela
  • Writers
    • Mario Benedetti(poems)
    • Juan Gelman(poems)
    • Oliverio Girondo(poems)
  • Stars
    • Darío Grandinetti
    • Sandra Ballesteros
    • Nacha Guevara
    • Eliseo Subiela
  • Writers
    • Mario Benedetti(poems)
    • Juan Gelman(poems)
    • Oliverio Girondo(poems)
  • Stars
    • Darío Grandinetti
    • Sandra Ballesteros
    • Nacha Guevara
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    • 20User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Darío Grandinetti
    Darío Grandinetti
    • Oliverio
    Sandra Ballesteros
    • Ana
    Nacha Guevara
    Nacha Guevara
    • La Muerte
    André Melançon
    André Melançon
    • Erik
    • (as André Mélançon)
    Jean Pierre Reguerraz
    Jean Pierre Reguerraz
    • Gustavo
    Mónica Galán
    Mónica Galán
    • La ex esposa
    Inés Vernengo
    • La ciega
    Marisa Aguilera
    • Bigotuda
    Hugo Arana
    Hugo Arana
    Mariana Baranchuk
    • Amiga Ana
    Claudia Bedacarratz
    • Mendiga
    Mario Benedetti
    Mario Benedetti
    • Poeta Aleman
    Jesús Berenguer
    Jesús Berenguer
    • Publicitario 1
    Pablo Brichta
    • Novio
    Silvina Chaine
    • Mujeres cabaret
    Marcela Criquet
    • Mujer Disco
    Dalila
    • Singer in the Subway
    Jorge Del Castilo
    • Policía
      • Eliseo Subiela
    • Writers
      • Mario Benedetti(poems)
      • Juan Gelman(poems)
      • Oliverio Girondo(poems)
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    • Trivia
      Official submission of Argentina for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 65th Academy Awards in 1993. When the Oscar nominations came out it was overlooked in favor of A Place in the World (1992) (A Place in the World) which was later the only film in Academy Awards history to have been removed from the final ballot.
    • Quotes

      Oliverio: The ball I threw while playing in the park has not yet reached the ground

      Oliverio: I don't give a damn if if her skin feels like a peach or sandpaper It's irrelevant. if she wakes up with breath like an aphrodisiac or an insecticide. I'm perfectly willing to put up with a nose that'd win first prize at a carrot show. But on one thing I am intransigent. On no account whatsoever will I forgive a woman who cannot fly. If she can't,she'd better forget me.

    • Connections
      Featured in Cine Invisible
    • Soundtracks
      Algo contigo
      Written by Chico Novarro

      Performed by María Martha Serra Lima and Los Panchos (as Trio Los Panchos)

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    9/10
    Poetry in motion.
    A film about a poet and his love for a hooker; the poet and his friendship with his artistic friends; the poet and his run-ins with the beautiful Death; the poet and his poems. A poetic film.
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    • DukeEman
    • Mar 21, 1999

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      • September 9, 1994 (United States)
      • Argentina
      • Canada
      • Spanish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • CQ3 Films
      • Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)
      • Max Films Productions
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Dolby

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