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The Dark Side of the Heart(1992)
Status: Released
Date: 1992-05-21
73%
103 Votes
Time: 2h 7m
Overview:
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?
Languages: German, Spanish.
Countries:
Argentina,
Canada
ProductionCompanies: 
CQ3 Films
Movie: The Dark Side of the Heart
Top 10 Billed Cast
Darío Grandinetti
Oliverio
Sandra Ballesteros
Ana
Nacha Guevara
Death
André Melançon
Erik
Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Gustavo
Mónica Galán
Ex-wife
Inés Vernengo
The blind girl
Tito Haas
The grill cook
Walter Soubrié
Seller
Mario Benedetti
Sailor that recites in German
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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 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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1992-05-21
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