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LES YEUX SANS VISAGE

FRANCE-ITALY      88 m.
Synopsis

(Eyes Without a Face) (1959)
Crime novel writers Boileau and Narcejac adapted a macabre tale by Jean Redon for Franju. The plot describes the experiments of a brilliant surgeon who kills women to remove the skin from their faces and graft it onto his daughter, badly disfigured in an accident. Possibly the most popular film in Franju’s filmography and undoubtedly one of his masterpieces; a cult title in the history of fantasy movies where horror and poetry walk hand-in-hand.

Director
Screenplay
Georges Franju, Jean Redon, Boileau-Narcejac (Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac), Claude Sautet
Plot
Jean Redon (Les Yeux sans visage)
Production
Champs-Elysées Productions / Lux-Film
Jules Borkon
Photography
Eugen Shuftan
Edition
Gilbert Natot
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cast
Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, François Guérin, Alexandre Rignault
Running Time
88 m.
Country
FRANCE-ITALY
Year
1960
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