![]() The police have gained a lead concerning a woman who wears a pearl choker, whom Jacques recognizes as Louise. Jacques reports the call to the police, who have been investigating the disappearance of several young women with blue eyes and similar facial characteristics. ![]() Christiane again phones Jacques and this time says his name, but the phone call is interrupted by Louise. Her face grows worse within days the new tissue is being rejected and she must resort to wearing her mask again. After disposing of Edna's corpse, Génessier notices flaws on Christiane's face. ![]() Edna escapes, but falls to her death from an upstairs window. The doctor successfully grafts the skin onto his daughter's face and holds the heavily bandaged and faceless Edna against her will. Génessier performs heterograft surgery, removing Edna's face. Christiane secretly watches her father and Louise carry Edna to the lab, and then goes to tenderly caress the dogs her father keeps caged, who eagerly accept her love, and are unaffected by her appearance.ĭr. Génessier chloroforms Edna and takes her into his secret laboratory. Louise lures a young Swiss girl named Edna Grüber to Génessier's home. Scob's face is hidden behind a face-like mask for most of the film. Génessier at his clinic, but hangs up without saying a word.Ĭhristiane (Édith Scob) fails to make a phone call to Jacques Vernon. After her father leaves the room, Christiane calls her fiancé Jacques Vernon, who works with Dr. Génessier promises to restore Christiane's face and insists that she wear a mask to cover her disfigurement. Génessier's unsuccessful attempt to graft her face onto his daughter's. The body belonged to a young woman who died following Dr. Génessier and his assistant Louise, the woman who had disposed of the dead body earlier, return home where the real Christiane is hidden (it is explained that Louise is deathlessly loyal to Génessier because he repaired her own badly damaged face, leaving only a barely noticeable scar she covers with a pearl choker). Génessier lives in a large mansion, which is adjacent to his clinic, with numerous caged German Shepherds and other large dogs.įollowing Christiane's funeral, Dr. Génessier identifies the remains as those of his missing daughter, Christiane, whose face was horribly disfigured in an automobile accident that occurred before her disappearance, for which he was responsible. Modern critics praise Eyes Without a Face for its poetic nature as well as being a notable influence on other filmmakers.Īt night just outside Paris, a woman drives along a riverbank and dumps a corpse in the river. ![]() The film's initial critical reception was not overtly positive, but subsequent theatrical and home video re-releases improved its reputation. Faustus, was released in 1962 as a double feature with The Manster. In the United States, an edited and dubbed version of the film, titled The Horror Chamber of Dr. Critical reaction ranged from praise to disgust. Although Eyes Without a Face was cleared by censors, its release in Europe caused controversy nevertheless. During the film's production, consideration was given to the standards of European censors by setting the right tone, minimizing gore and eliminating the mad scientist character. Based on the novel of the same name by Jean Redon, it revolves around a plastic surgeon who is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter, who was disfigured in a car accident. A French-Italian co-production, the film stars Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli. Eyes Without a Face ( French: Les yeux sans visage) is a 1960 French-language horror film co-written and directed by Georges Franju. ![]()
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