It's cinema français ! and we know it's going to be a wacky one, from the circus music playing, as they drive along the road right at the opening. Pierre Brasseur is Doctor Génessier, who is trying to repair his daughter's face. she has been disfigured in an accident, and le docteur uses the local girls to try to transplant a good face to the daughter Christiane. she is played by 23 year old Edith Scob, only her second role, but she worked with director Georges Franju numerous times. one weird scene (among many!) where Christiane spends time with all the howling dogs that are locked in the basement. i guess to show that the dogs like her, in spite of her disfigured face. and now the gendarmes are looking for all the young girls that have gone missing! it gets pretty gruesome. not for the faint of heart! well done, and serious for the most part. the Vincent Price horror films got campy and silly, but here it is treated as a serious film. and great sound and picture quality as well. Gaumont film co had been around a LONG time, even in 1960,
Review of Eyes Without a Face
