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Release Date:
May 28, 1994
Original Title:
La Machine
Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller
Production Countries:
France | Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+
Runtime: 96
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?
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Casting:
Jeanne Biras
Costume Design:
Elisabeth Tavernier
Director:
François Dupeyron
Director of Photography:
Dietrich Lohmann
Editor:
Noëlle Boisson
Makeup Artist:
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
Novel:
René Belletto
Original Music Composer:
Michel Portal
Producer:
Patrick Bordier
Bernard Bouix
René Cleitman
Ingrid Windisch
Set Decoration:
Carlos Conti
Sound:
Pierre Gamet
Sound Editor:
Nadine Muse
Sound Effects Editor:
Jean-Noël Yven
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gérard Lamps
Writer:
François Dupeyron
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