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Identity Crisis is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Melvin Van Peebles released in USA on 1 january 1989 with Mario Van Peebles

Identity Crisis (1989)

Identity Crisis
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Released in USA 1 january 1989
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Action
Rating20% 1.022181.022181.022181.022181.02218

Identity Crisis is a 1989 comedy film directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Written by Mario Van Peebles, the film is about a rapper who winds up sharing his body with the soul of a dead fashion designer, switching between personalities every time he is struck on the head. It was released direct-to-video in 1991.

Synopsis

Melvin Van Peebles acts as the film's narrator, introducing the film's main characters. Yves Malmaison (Richard Fancy) is a world-famous French fashion designer, a flaming homosexual with a preference for red hair, he once experimented with an American woman, and thus he has a son, Sebastian (Ilan Mitchell-Smith). Chilly D (Mario Van Peebles) is a struggling rapper who has been stealing dresses made by Malmaison to redesign and give to his many girlfriends.

Actors

Mario Van Peebles

(Chilly D)Ilan Mitchell-Smith

(Sebastian)Melvin Van Peebles

(The Inspector)Stephen J. Cannell

(The Coroner)Rick Aviles

(El Toro)
And :
Olivia Brown
Richard Fancy
Tab Thacker
Calvert DeForest
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