A frame from the film. That is all you get.
← Back to the archiveCase file / The Dark Side of the Sun
1988 film · directed by Božidar Nikolić
Does Brad Pitt die in The Dark Side of the Sun?
He plays Rick Clayton.
Want to guess first?
Revealing shows only the answer. Everything else stays behind its own curtain.
Yes.
He does not make it to the credits. It happens at the very end.
How it happens, in words. No pictures yet.
He takes off the mask, feels the sun, and lets the disease win.
Rick has a rare skin disease that makes any light lethal, so he lives in a full leather suit and mask. After a Yugoslav healer fails and the actress he loves rejects his unmasked face, Rick decides to stop hiding: he strips off the protection and feels sunlight on his skin for the first time. The disease then takes its course, and his father accepts the choice he made.
Pitt's first lead. Shot in 1988 in Yugoslavia, unreleased until 1997. The death is implied rather than shown as a drawn-out scene.
- Cause
- sun exposure
- When
- ending
- Director
- Božidar Nikolić
- Runtime
- 101 min
Our confidence on this one is medium. Know better? Tell us.
Where to find the scene.
The scene
No clip on file yet. Search YouTube for the scene