The Other Side

Der Wissenschaftler Neal Eberhardt hat sich auf hirngeschädigte Komapatienten spezialisiert. Mit einem von ihm entwickelten Gerät hofft er, beschädigte Gehirnstrukturen wiederherstellen zu können. In einer Art Parallelbewusstsein kommuniziert er mit Patienten - und überredet sie zu einem riskanten Versuch. Als ein Patient dabei stirbt, wird Eberhardt jegliche weitere Forschung untersagt. Doch der ehrgeizige Wissenschaftler denkt nicht daran, sich an das Verbot zu halten.

Dr. Neal Eberhardt (Ralph Macchio), a former boy genius gone bitterly toseed, studies brain-damaged and comatose patients hoping to learn howthe brain reroutes itself. Despite having a revolutionary new machine towork with - the Neural Intercortex Stimulation Array or NISA - Dr..Eberhardt is getting nowhere. To make matters worse, his valuedassistant Vince Carter has just quit. But suddenly, Neal has abreakthrough. The brain waves of two comatose patients, Adam (AaronSmolinski) and Lisa (Emmanuelle Vaugier), fall into sync while they'rehooked up to the NISA and one of them whispers the other's name. Nealknows he's onto something and tells his boss, Marty Kilgore (MichaelSarrazin). What Neal doesn't know is that Adam and Lisa have landed inan idyllic parallel consciousness and are falling in love. As Adam and Lisaget to know each other, Neal continues his research, joined now by hisex-girlfriend and colleague Janice Claymore (Susannah Hoffman).Desperate to try the technique on other comatose subjects, Neal losespatience and makes the journey himself. After giving himself a calculatedoverdose of Phenobarbital, he hooks himself up to NISA and launcheshimself into Adam and Lisa's world. He catches a glimpse, but he's pulledback at the last minute, leaving him more determined than ever to find away to rescue his patients from the other side. But do they really want tobe rescued? Or is it really Neal that wants to cross over to the other side?

Le Dr Neal Eberhardt, un ancien petit prodige, parti brusque pour étudier des patients atteints de lésion cérébrale et dans un état comateux, espère apprendre comment le cerveau fonctionne. Bien qu'il dispose qu'une machine révolutionnaire avec laquelle s'appuyer, la NISA, Neal ne va nulle part... Pourtant un beau jour, La NISA fonctionne...

El Dr. Neal Eberhardt, un ex genio de los niños que se ha desatendido, estudia a pacientes con lesiones cerebrales y de coma con la esperanza de aprender cómo el cerebro se desvía. A pesar de tener una máquina nueva y revolucionaria con la que trabajar, el Neural Intercortex Stimulation Array o NISA, el Dr. Eberhardt no está llegando a ninguna parte. Para empeorar las cosas, su valioso asistente Vince Carter acaba de renunciar. Pero de repente, Neal tiene un gran avance.