Dark Side of the Sun
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dark Side of the Sun |
| Original title | The Dark Side of the Sun |
| Country of production | USA , Canada , Yugoslavia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bozidar Nikolic |
| script |
Andrew Horton , Nikola Jovanovic , Zeljko Mijanovic |
| production |
Andjelo Arandjelovic , Dusko Mihailov , Boris Nitchoff |
| music |
Vojislav Kostic , Kornelije Kovac |
| camera | Bozidar Nikolic |
| cut | Petar Jakonic |
| occupation | |
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Dark Side of the Sun ( The Dark Side of the Sun ) is an American-Canadian-Yugoslav film directed by Bozidar Nikolic , produced in 1988 and released in 1997 .
action
The young American Rick suffers from a rare and dangerous skin disease, Xeroderma pigmentosum , which forces him to constantly wear a leather body suit because the sun's rays are deadly for him. His father takes him and his catatonic mother to Yugoslavia, where a healer is supposed to help. However, Rick sees no progress in the healer's therapy and becomes more and more depressed after the initial euphoria. While shopping in town, he meets the beautiful actress Frances, with whom he falls in love and decides to take off the mask for Frances, even if it means death for him.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as a " boring, half-baked love film ".
Mike DeWolfe wrote in the Apollo Movie Guide that the film was so weak that it was surprising that Brad Pitt found work afterwards. The representations are " pathetic " (poor, pathetic, pathetic), the love relationship is " stilted " and parts of the plot are " irrelevant ", sometimes pointless.
background
The film was shot in Montenegro . The film wasn't released until Pitt became internationally known, nine years after its completion.
Web links
- Dark Side of the Sun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dark Side of the Sun at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dark Side of the Sun in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on June 1, 2007
- ^ Review by Mike DeWolfe ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Filming locations for The Dark Side of the Sun, accessed June 1, 2007