The Dark Side of the Heart

1992 2h 7m ES

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 114

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

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Director: Eliseo Subiela
Writers: Juan Gelman, Mario Benedetti, Oliverio Girondo
Languages: German, Spanish
Countries: Argentina, Canada

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Canada.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Dark Side of the Heart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eliseo Subiela, shot by Hugo Colace. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Osvaldo Montes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marcela Sáenz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Darío Grandinetti and Sandra Ballesteros and Nacha Guevara carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eliseo Subiela directs. Hugo Colace behind the camera. Osvaldo Montes scores. Marcela Sáenz cuts. Produced in Argentina, Canada. Dialogue in German, Spanish.

Trivia

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134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Spanish.
3International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Canada.
4Part of the "The Dark Side of the Heart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Eliseo Subiela, shot by Hugo Colace. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Osvaldo Montes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Marcela Sáenz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Darío Grandinetti and Sandra Ballesteros and Nacha Guevara carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0104662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "friendship", "poetry", "eroticism", "surrealism".