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30 November 1994 (France) moreTagline:
A doctor's obsession... A killer's madness... The machine that made them one.Plot:
Marc Lacroix is a psychiatrist, a student of the brain, with a rocky marriage, a mistress, and a ten-year-old son... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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If your husband starts calling your son "rat-boy", maybe he's not your husband moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gérard Depardieu | ... | Dr. Marc Lacroix |
 | Nathalie Baye | ... | Marie Lacroix |
| Didier Bourdon | ... | Michel Zyto |
 | Natalia Wörner | ... | Marianne |
| Erwan Baynaud | ... | Léonard Lacroix |
| Claude Berri | ... | Hugues |
| Marc Andréoni | ... | Le gardien |
| Alain Azerot | ... | Un infirmier |
| Wilfred Benaïche | ... | Le patient |
| Christian Bujeau | ... | Martial |
| Julie Depardieu | ... | Une infirmière |
| Patty Hannock | ... | Marie-Thérèse |
| Arsène Jiroyan | ... | Le réceptionniste |
| Christian Pereira | ... | Le docteur fabricant |
| Christian Ruché | ... | Cédric |
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Dr. Lacroix (Depardieu) has constructed a machine which will allow him to exchange personalities with one of his patients, a misogynistic multiple murderer (Bourdon).
This thriller is a variation on the Frankenstein theme with the monster as a serial killer's mind unleashed in a psychologist's body. The film is under-budgeted and reliant on dialogue as many French films are. It can all seem a little overwrought and contrived at times, but still it's fairly good.
Depardieu is convincing in the different personalities he has to affect. He is united with his frequent costar Nathalie Baye, although her role is a small one this time. There is even a very faint echo of the "What makes a marriage?" theme from their earlier film Le retour de Martin Guerre. So faint you probably won't notice.