guerritorefilms Review of The Dark Side of Love

The Dark Side of Love (1984)

Released in French North America on NTSC VHS videotape......No DVD Release....

[10/10 · 6 January 2009]

This film was released on NTSC VHS videotape in North America by Sovicom Distribution in 1989 with the French title..... LES PLAISIRS INTERDITS....It had a small distribution in Quebec and the French speaking areas of Eastern Canada and the northeastern USA......It was released in French Language with no English Subtitles.....It is no longer In Print and is rarely seen in French Canadian video stores.....the Ex-Rentals are generally poor quality and and the original tape has often been replaced........It was released with a French language jacket with a picture of Monica Guerritore on the front and three stills from the film on the back of the jacket......Directed by Salvatore Samperi and stars Monica Guerritore, Lorenzo Lena, Saverio Vallone ....the run time of the North American release is 1 hour 32 minutes............Contains extensive nudity........."The complex relationship between Patrizia, a beautiful successful fashion-designer (Monica Guerritore) and her brother, (Lorenzo Lena) an introvert, hypochondriacal youth, who spends his days watching TV ....Patrizia's brother talks her into a series of adventures which he likes to photograph, she in turn talks to him about her sexual history......"