The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)

Name: The Dark Side of the Heart
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1992
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Darío Grandinetti, Sandra Ballesteros, Nacha Guevara, André Melançon, Jean Pierre Reguerraz

2h 7m Argentina, Canada

Comedy Drama Romance

Plot

Oliveiro, a struggling young poet in Buenos Aires, navigates the challenges of life by selling his creativity to advertising firms or trading poems for meals. His path crosses with Ana, a prostitute in Montevideo, and he quickly falls for her. Back in Buenos Aires, he takes a lucrative contract with an ad agency, hoping to finance three passionate days with Ana. As their romance unfolds, Oliveiro grapples with the surreal nature of love and desire, questioning whether he can truly attain the ideal pleasure he seeks, especially when it seems to defy gravity.

Cast

Darío Grandinetti Sandra Ballesteros Nacha Guevara André Melançon Jean Pierre Reguerraz Mónica Galán Inés Vernengo Tito Haas Walter Soubrié Mario Benedetti Pablo Brichta Miguel Ángel Solá Juan Leyrado Hugo Arana Chela Ruiz