February 14 Opening Night Classic Horror - 7pm
Eyes Without a Face
(Georges Franju) 1959 France 88 mins
Eyes Without a Face
(Georges Franju) 1959 France 88 mins
Massively influential, chilling modernist horror classic featuring Pierre Brasseur as a genius plastic surgeon who uses scandalously unethical means to restore his daughter's mutilated face. Alida Valli, who scours the streets kidnapping young women, soulfully inhabits his dutiful assistant. Franju's haunting, oneiric, minimalist shocker is one of the great poetic works of French cinema. Moodily shot by Eugen Schufftan & scored by Maurice Jarre. Also stars Edith Scob. Imported 35mm print.
Followed at 8.45pm by The Innocents.