Eyes Without A Face
French 1 panel poster for the classic 1960 French horror film,
Les yeux sans visage (English: Eyes Without a Face), directed by Georges Franju.
Movie Summary
Plot The film centers on a brilliant plastic surgeon, Dr. Génessier, who is obsessed with restoring the disfigured face of his daughter, Christiane, after a car accident he caused. With the help of his assistant, Louise, he kidnaps young women who resemble Christiane and attempts to perform a heterograft (face transplant) procedure, which always ends in failure and the death of the victims.
Key Themes The movie explores themes of guilt, obsession, identity loss, and the contrast between beauty and cruelty. Christiane spends most of the film wearing an eerie, expressionless mask to hide her face, an image that reportedly inspired the mask worn by Michael Myers in the film Halloween.
Impact The film was controversial upon its initial release due to its graphic surgical scene but has since been recognized as a masterpiece of the horror genre and an influential work for later body horror filmmakers.
In the Poster
The poster, designed by Jean Mascii, is known for its disturbing and poetic imagery, using a striking red background and featuring the masked Christiane and a potential victim. The title of the film also inspired the 1983 hit song "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol.
Les yeux sans visage (English: Eyes Without a Face), directed by Georges Franju.
Movie Summary
Plot The film centers on a brilliant plastic surgeon, Dr. Génessier, who is obsessed with restoring the disfigured face of his daughter, Christiane, after a car accident he caused. With the help of his assistant, Louise, he kidnaps young women who resemble Christiane and attempts to perform a heterograft (face transplant) procedure, which always ends in failure and the death of the victims.
Key Themes The movie explores themes of guilt, obsession, identity loss, and the contrast between beauty and cruelty. Christiane spends most of the film wearing an eerie, expressionless mask to hide her face, an image that reportedly inspired the mask worn by Michael Myers in the film Halloween.
Impact The film was controversial upon its initial release due to its graphic surgical scene but has since been recognized as a masterpiece of the horror genre and an influential work for later body horror filmmakers.
In the Poster
The poster, designed by Jean Mascii, is known for its disturbing and poetic imagery, using a striking red background and featuring the masked Christiane and a potential victim. The title of the film also inspired the 1983 hit song "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol.
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