Release Date

28 May, 1994

Runtime

01:36: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Dr. Marc Lacroix, a psychiatrist specializing in brain functions, is obsessed with the link between mind and spirit. To find his link he studies the criminally insane. He builds a secret machine, known only to his mistress Marianne, in which he hopes to exchange minds between humans. He simultaneously wants to help the mentally ill recover, and he wants to experience their madness. He chooses the psychotic killer, Zyto, a man who stabbed at least three women, for his experiment. The initial experiment is successful and the two exchange minds. But trouble ensues when Zyto refuses to reverse the switch. There is little Marc can do when Zyto takes over Marc's life, and more ominously his wife and child whom are unknowingly in mortal danger. Marc, encased in Zyto's body, is returned to the asylum. Will Marc's wife recognize the danger? Will Zyto kill again?

Original Title

La Machine

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Actors

Gérard Depardieu

Nathalie Baye

Didier Bourdon

Natalia Wörner

Julie Depardieu

Claude Berri

Erwan Baynaud

Marc Andréoni

Alain Azerot

Wilfred Benaïche

Christian Bujeau

Patty Hannock

Arsène Jiroyan

Christian Ruché

Crew

François Dupeyron

René Belletto

François Dupeyron

Michel Portal

Patrick Bordier

Bernard Bouix

René Cleitman

Ingrid Windisch

Dietrich Lohmann

Noëlle Boisson

Jeanne Biras

Carlos Conti

Elisabeth Tavernier

Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen