Movie: The Dark Side of the Heart

Top 10 Billed Cast

Darío Grandinetti
Darío Grandinetti

Oliverio

Sandra Ballesteros
Sandra Ballesteros

Ana

Nacha Guevara
Nacha Guevara

Death

André Melançon
André Melançon

Erik

Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Jean Pierre Reguerraz

Gustavo

Mónica Galán
Mónica Galán

Ex-wife

Inés Vernengo
Inés Vernengo

The blind girl

Tito Haas
Tito Haas

The grill cook

Walter Soubrié
Walter Soubrié

Seller

Mario Benedetti
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?

  • Release Date

    1992-05-21

  • Average

    7.27

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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