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The Machine (1994)

The Machine poster
Original title
La Machine
Directed by
François Dupeyron
Genre
science fiction film, thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
15+
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist uses a machine that swaps minds with a serial killer. The two men must deal with the horror of living in each other's bodies.

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What happens

The Machine (French: La Machine) is a 1994 French science fiction horror thriller film directed by François Dupeyron and based on René Belletto's 1990 novel. Gérard Depardieu and Didier Bourdon star respectively as a psychiatrist and as a serial killer, whose minds swap bodies after they are connected to the titular machine. The film performed poorly at the French box-office and received mostly negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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