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Eyes Without a Face

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Remake:

Faceless

Original title

Les Yeux sans visage

Year

1960

Running time

88 min.

Country

France

Director

Georges Franju

Screenwriter

Claude Sautet, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac. Novel: Jean Redon

Cast

Music

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Eugen Schüfftan (B&W)

Producer

Co-production France-Italy;

Genre

Horror. Thriller | Crime. Serial Killers. Cult Movie

Synopsis

A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head on his beloved daughter Christiane, whose face has been entirely spoiled in a car crash. All the experiments fail, and the victims die, but Génessier keeps trying....

Rankings Position

#30 Best Horror Movies
#74 Best French Movies of all time
#100 Best Thrillers in the history of film
#114 Best Crime Movies

Critics' reviews

"'Eyes Without a Face' is a perfect example of how cinematic poetry can transform a seemingly disreputable movie genre."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"One of those rare horror films that induces discomfort by showing practically nothing."

Entertainment Weekly
"As absurd and as beautiful as a fairy tale."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"Among the most disturbing horror films ever made."

David Edelstein: Slate
"Like a nightmare that never ends, this is a vision of madness, loneliness and, yes, horror that, once seen, demands to be viewed over and over again"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Franju constructs an elegant visual work; here is a horror movie in which the shrieks are not by the characters but by the images.(...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Sharp as a scalpel, soft as a caress, this is a weird masterwork."

David Parkinson: Empire
"A marvellous movie in the fullest sense."

Tom Milne: Time Out

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69 My Favorite French Movies (49)

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