(SDRSP) Vintage: Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) 1960 (dir. Georges Franju) Rated 15

A French-Italian horror film adaptation of Jean Redon’s novel, directed by Georges Franju, and starring Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli.

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Synopsis:

A woman’s devotion to the doctor who corrected her horribly scarred face becomes murderous. Whilst his daughter a young girl who lost everything but her life as a result of a car accident reaches breaking point.





Dr. Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane (Édith Scob), who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise (Alida Valli), kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane’s.

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