The Changed Man

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The Changed Man
Persian: مرد عوضی
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Directed by Mohammad Reza Honarmand
Written by Farhad Tohidi
Starring Parviz Parastui
Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
Afsaneh Bayegan
Music by Mohammad Reza Aligholi
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
100 min.
Country Iran
Language Persian

The Changed Man is a 1998 Iranian romantic comedy directed by Mohammad Reza Honarmand.

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Plot

Khosro Paziresh, the inventor of a magical washing powder, goes to a company to sell his invention but he falls down the elevator and gets transferred to a hospital. Darioosh Jam, the CEO of the company, dies from a stroke after finding out that his company is bankrupt and he too gets transferred to the same hospital. The transplant team in the hospital, transplant Khosro's brain in Darioosh's body and Khosro stays alive in the CEO's body. [1]

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References

  1. ".: Iranian Movie DataBase خلاصه داستان فيلم مرد عوضي".