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Dead Ringers (1988)

Directed by David Cronenberg

Drama

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Jeremy Irons | Geneviève Bujold | Heidi von Palleske | Barbara Gordon | Shirley Douglas | Stephen Lack | Nick Nichols | Lynne Cormack | Damir Andrei | Miriam Newhouse | David Hughes | Richard W. Farrell | Warren Davis | Marsha Moreau | Denis Akiyama | Dee McCafferty | Jane Luk | Jill Hennessy | David Cronenberg | Bob Bainborough | Jacqueline Hennessy | Jonathan Haley | Nicholas Haley | Susan Markle | Murray Cruchley | Tita Trevisan | David Walden | Liliane Stillwell | Denise McLeod | Nicholas Rice | Joe Matheson | Hadley Kay | Cynthia Eastman | Nora Colpman | Rena Polley | Madeleine Atkinson | John Bayliss | Graham Evans | Alan Gough | Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio | Julian-Peter Marcantonio | Greg Van Riel

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Viewing Notes

Irons cuts through the drama that swirls around him, and he feels like the perfect Cronenberg protagonist, times two, completely empathetic, maddening, and poignant. The film examines the human heart with compassion and precision; it’s a devastating masterpiece.

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