Subiela combines the poetry of Benedetti, with an unusual plot which combines elements of surrealism and magic realism. Dario Grandinetti (who also appears in Almodovar's "Talk to Her") plays Oliverio, a poet who freelances for advertisers in order to survive. Several elements are left to the assumption. We don't see Oliverio's family. He always seems to wear black. Oliverio walks around the dirty streets of Buenos Aires, rarely encountering sunlight, always raining. These areas are metaphors which are supposed to represent the darkness inside his heart. Oliverio is searching for a woman who is capable of making him levitate. Soon he meets a prostitute with a penchant for poetry who fulfills this needs. she becomes his muse, but for her he is only one of many clients. An excellent movie that for some reason is particularly unknown for those outside of Argentina.
Review of The Dark Side of the Heart
