The Dark Side of the Heart

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The Dark Side of the Heart ★★ El Lado Oscuro del Corazon 1992

Magic realism features in this story of struggling Buenos Aires poet Oliverio (Grandinetti) who falls in love with prostitute Ana (Ballesteros). She wants to keep things businesslike but when a man finds a woman whose lovemaking causes them to actually levitate, he's not about to make things easy. Spanish with subtitles. 127m/C VHS, DVD . CA AR Dario Grandinetti, Sandra Bal-lesteros, Nacha Guevara; D: Eliseo Subiela; W: Eliseo Subiela; C: Hugo Colace; M: Osvaldo Montes. Montreal World Film Fest. '92: Film.

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