Kisses on the Forehead () is a 1996 Argentine drama film written and directed by Carlos Galettini and starring China Zorrilla and Leonardo Sbaraglia. The film is based in the play by Jacobo Langsner Una margarita llamada Mercedes, which he wrote for (and was premiered by) Zorrilla, about the love between a high-class old Grand-Dame and a young writer just arrived from Montevideo to Buenos Aires City. The film premiered on 5 September 1996 in Buenos Aires and was nominated for two Silver Condor Awards in 1997.
Cast
China Zorrilla ... Mercedes Arévalo
Leonardo Sbaraglia ... Sebastián Miguez
Claudio García Satur ... Fabio
Carolina Papaleo ... Estela
Alejandra Flechner ... Casilda
Mabel Manzotti ... Raquel
Leonardo Abremor ... Musical Director
Daniel Alvaredo ... Driver
Gustavo Bucciarelli ... Soundman
Henan Carbonero ... Kid
Fernanda Caride ... Silvia
Dario Casas ... Gardner
Lorena Colotta ... Musician 3
Daniel Di Biase ... Doctor (as Daniel Dibiase) Jorge Dorio ... Raquel's husband Lucio Herrera ... Musician 2 Cecilia Labourt ... Mercedes' Mother Hilda Mantovani ... Woman in Pension Alberto Mariotti ... Musician 1 Nieves Martín ... Grandma Mercedes Francisco Nápoli ... Director de Cine Germán Palacios ... Young Protagonist in The Film Melina Petriella ... Young Mercedes Angela Ragno ... Woman Protagonist in The Film Pablo Rinaldi ... Mercedes' Father Erica Rivas ... Laura César Vianco ... Pedro Luis Leonardo Lin ... Double of light of Leonardo Sbaraglia