Two bodies. Two minds. One soul.
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
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Character
Contemporary, bleak, grave and contemplative.
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- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Jeremy IronsBeverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
- Geneviève BujoldClaire Niveau
- Heidi von PalleskeCary
- Barbara GordonDanuta
- Shirley DouglasLaura
- Stephen LackWolleck / Anders Wolleck
- Nick NicholsLeo
- Lynne CormackArlene
- Damir AndreiBirchall
- Miriam NewhouseMrs. Bookman
Crew
- David CronenbergDirector
- Norman SniderWriter
- David CronenbergWriter
- Bari WoodNovel
- Jack GeaslandNovel
- Peter SuschitzkyDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald SandersEditor
- David CronenbergProducer
- Marc BoymanProducer
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