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Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Eyes Without a Face (1959) |
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A mad plastic surgeon kidnaps and kills young girls to graft their faces onto his daughter to repair the damage he himself caused. The movie features a lesbian housekeeper (in a dog collar).
--Herman the German, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Horror film?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (female)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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