Eyes Without a Face (Franju) - Dual Format Edition

The definitive edition of one of the most celebrated and controversial films in cinema history. George Franju's notorious horror story follows an eminent plastic surgeon (Pierre Brasseur, Goto, Island of Love) as he tries to reconstruct his daughter's badly disfigured face by grafting the living tissue from beautiful girls kidnapped by his devoted assistant (Alida Valli, Suspiria).Decades after it first shocked audiences around the world, often in censored versions, Eyes without a Face remains one the most unsettling and disturbing films ever made and has influenced countless filmmakers, from Jesus Franco and Dario Argento to Pedro Aldomovar (The Skin I Live In).Special Features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Theatrical trailer Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju (2009, 46 mins): documentary with Claude Chabrol, Robert Hossein and others Extensive booklet with essay and full film creditsCast and Crew: Directed by George Franju.Starring Pierre Brasseur (Les Enfants Des Paradise), Alida Valli (The Third Man, Suspiria)Awards and Reviews: '**** Sharp as a scalpel, soft as a caress, this is a weird masterwork' Empire'Georges Franju's monstrous masterpiece delivers horror sans face but with a huge heart' Little White Lies'***** Georges Franju's classic horror grafts poetry onto brutality' Total Film'A film that arrived before its time. Now that time has come, we can appreciate its grotesque elegance as a work of genius' SFX