Eyes Without a Face on Blu-ray and DVD [read more]
One of Jess Franco's favourite films
Both cruel and tender, Eyes Without a Face, Georges Franju’s unique blend of pulp, horror and poetry has been a major influence on filmmakers, from Jesús Franco to Pedro Almodóvar.
On 24 August 2015 the BFI brings it to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, releasing it in a Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray and DVD discs) which also contains two short films by Franju, the 2009 documentary Les Fleurs maladives de Georges Franju, an interview with actress Edith Scob and an audio commentary by Tim Lucas.
Dr Genessier (Pierre Brasseur, Le Quai des brumes, Les Enfants du Paradis) is a brilliant and obsessive plastic surgeon driven by the need to restore his daughter’s (Edith Scob, Judex) disfigured face. He is aided in this quest by his loyal assistant Louise (Alida Valli, Suspiria), who lures unwitting young women to the secret surgery in his secluded chateau.
