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The Machine

5.0 96 mins Horror   Thriller   Science Fiction   1994
Director(s): François Dupeyron

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?

Casts of The Machine

Gérard Depardieu

as Dr. Marc Lacroix

Nathalie Baye

as Marie Lacroix

Didier Bourdon

as Michel Zyto

Natalia Wörner

as Marianne

Julie Depardieu

as A nurse

Claude Berri

as Hugues

Erwan Baynaud

as Léonard Lacroix

Marc Andréoni

as Le gardien

Alain Azerot

as Un infirmier

Wilfred Benaïche

as Le patient

Christian Bujeau

as Martial

Patty Hannock

as Marie-Thérèse

Arsène Jiroyan

as Le réceptionniste

Christian Ruché

as Cédric

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