Brad Pitt, first leading film role.

Source: DVD5
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118930/

Cast: Brad Pitt, Guy Boyd, Cheryl Pollak, Milena Dravic, Gorica Popovic, Sonja Savic, Stole Arandjelovic

Director: Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic 

Music: Vojislav Kostic (as Voki Kostic), Kornelije Kovac (as Kornell Kovach)

Filming locations: Kotor, Montenegro

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The Dark Side of the Sun is a 1988 American - Yugoslavian drama film starring a young Brad Pitt about a young man in search for a cure for a dreaded skin disease.
It is directed by Bozidar Nikolic. The footage for the film was shot in 1988 but due to the outbreak of Croatian War of Independence (which started in 1991) it had to be abandoned and much footage was lost. The missing pieces were eventually recovered and it was released officially in 1997, by which time Brad Pitt was a major star.

Plot:
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Rick is a young American who suffers of a rare skin disease which prevents him of exposing himself to any kind of light. After having tried several cures without success, his father takes him to a village where they meet a healer, who is supposed to save him. But the treatment does not work and Rick decides to forget about his illness and enjoy life feeling the sun on his skin for the first time. In the short time he has left a young American actress enters his life.

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