The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)

Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.

Director:

Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic

Writers:

Andrew Horton, Nikola Jovanovic (story),

Stars:

Guy Boyd, Brad Pitt, Cheryl Pollak

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Guy Boyd	...	Father
Brad Pitt	...	Rick
Cheryl Pollak	...	Frances
Constantin Nitchoff
Milena Dravic	...	Mother
Gorica Popovic	...	Nina
Sonja Savic
Nikola Jovanovic
Boro Begovic
Milan Sretenovic	...	(as Milan Sretenovic-Globus)
Andjelo Arandjelovic	...	(as Angelo Arangelovic)
Sreten Mitrovic
Stole Arandjelovic	...	Vidar (the healer) (as Stole Arangelovic)
Ras Rastoder
Vladan Banovic

Storyline

Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

disease | skin disease | fatal disease | father son relationship | motorcycle | 

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Taglines:

They needed a miracle for their love to survive

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and nudity

Details

Country:

USA Canada Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

El lado oscuro del sol

Filming Locations:

Kotor, Montenegro

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avala Film, Cinequanon Pictures International Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in pre-war Yugoslavia during the summer of 1988. As editing neared completion civil war tore apart the region and much of the footage was lost. In 1996, after a five-year search, all of the lost footage was found and returned to producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, who worked on getting a distribution deal for the film, before it ended up getting released direct-to-video.

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Crazy Credits

At the end credits no character names are given next to the actors name. Instead the supporting actors are listed under 'Supporting Players' and actors with bit parts are listed under 'Other Players'.

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Soundtracks

"Air on a G String"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

It´s a very very sensible movie!!!

When I watched the movie, it remained for a long time in my head. It´s a beautiful movie, sensible, and I liked very, very much. It´s one of the best movies I already watched... The place where happens the story is wonderful, the song is wonderful and Brad is very well like "Rick"... I get sad about the final, but the choice he made was correct. All the movie was correct. Perfect.