The Machine
movie
Released May 28, 1994
Overview
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?
Cast
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
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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
Crew
François Dupeyron
as
Director
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René Belletto
as
Novel
François Dupeyron
as
Writer
Michel Portal
as
Original Music Composer
Patrick Bordier
as
Producer
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Bernard Bouix
as
Producer
René Cleitman
as
Producer
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Ingrid Windisch
as
Producer
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Dietrich Lohmann
as
Director of Photography
Noëlle Boisson
as
Editor
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Jeanne Biras
as
Casting
Carlos Conti
as
Set Decoration