Georges Franju’s EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)

RETRO: THE CRITERION COLLECTION
June 26-28, 2026 | $12 per person | $50 for a 5-Pass

Georges Franju’s EYES WITHOUT A FACE
(1960, 90 min, France)
At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten.
In French with English subtitles
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