Double Role
Directed by Jaromil Jireš18 mars 1999 1h 50mDrama, Science Fiction
6.07.0
A surgeon and a scientist have been secretly trying to transplant the brain from one hog into another. Soon after their first success, they have a golden opportunity to save a human: a 70-year old professor of history is mortally injured in a car accident, but her brain is unhurt; a 25-year-old has severe head trauma, but is otherwise unscratched. The professor, Louisa, awakes in hospital inside the body of Yvette, the youth. She realizes immediately that the scientists have not thought through what her life will be like, but she valiantly tries to adapt. Louisa, as Yvette, is alternately in danger, lonely, resolute, and delighted, and she's always perceptive.
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Double Role was released on 18 mars 1999.
Double Role was directed by Jaromil Jireš.
Double Role has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Double Role was produced by Darina Levová.
A surgeon and a scientist have been secretly trying to transplant the brain from one hog into another. Soon after their first success, they have a golden opportunity to save a human: a 70-year old professor of history is mortally injured in a car accident, but her brain is unhurt; a 25-year-old has severe head trauma, but is otherwise unscratched. The professor, Louisa, awakes in hospital inside the body of Yvette, the youth. She realizes immediately that the scientists have not thought through what her life will be like, but she valiantly tries to adapt. Louisa, as Yvette, is alternately in danger, lonely, resolute, and delighted, and she's always perceptive.
The key characters in Double Role are Yvetta (Tereza Brodská), badatel (Jan Hartl), chirurg (Karel Roden).
Double Role is a Drama, Science Fiction film.
Double Role has an audience rating of 6 out of 10.