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?
Director:
Eliseo Subiela
Writer:
Eliseo Subiela
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Darío Grandinetti as Oliverio |
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Sandra Ballesteros as Ana |
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Nacha Guevara as Death |
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André Melançon as Erik |
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Jean Pierre Reguerraz as Gustavo |
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Mónica Galán as Ex-wife |
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Inés Vernengo as The blind girl |
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Tito Haas as The grill cook |
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Walter Soubrié as Seller |
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Mario Benedetti as Sailor that recites in German |
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Pablo Brichta as Groom |
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Miguel Ángel Solá as |
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Juan Leyrado as |
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Hugo Arana as |
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Chela Ruiz as (voice) |
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Andrea Tenuta as (voice) |
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Miriam Odorico as Woman 1 |
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Marisa Aguilera as Mustachioed girl |
| Directing | Eliseo Subiela | Director |
| Writing | Juan Gelman | Writer |
| Writing | Mario Benedetti | Writer |
| Crew | Christian Gruaz | Special Effects |
| Writing | Oliverio Girondo | Writer |
| Writing | Eliseo Subiela | Screenplay |
| Camera | Hugo Colace | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Osvaldo Montes | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Roger Frappier | Producer |
| Art | Marcela Bazzano | Set Designer |
| Art | Margarita Jusid | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Pernia | Costume Design |
| Production | Suzanne Dussault | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Marcelo Rembado | Assistant Director |
| Sound | José Luis Díaz | Sound |
| Sound | Carlos Abbate | Sound Director |
| Production | Jorge Rocca | Production Manager |
| Editing | Marcela Sáenz | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Juan Carlos Mazzola | Hairstylist |
| Production | Jorge Sivori | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paquita Trench | Hairdresser |
| Production | Susana Serebrenik | Associate Producer |
| Art | Cristina Nigro | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Selva Chomnalez | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Fernando Sokolowicz | Associate Producer |
| Art | Hugo Soto | Set Decoration |