The BFI, London will be screening two films from French director Georges Franju on 22nd February 2011.
Eyes Without A Face (Les Yeux sans visage)
Desperate to find a cure for his facially disfigured daughter, Dr Génessier carries out experimental skin grafts using the young girls who assistant Louise has lured to his clinic, with horrific results. This delicately handled, sinister masterpiece bears Cocteau’s influence but its weird, brutally poetic tone is Franju’s own.
Le Sang des bêtes
From 1948. An unflinching portrayal of a Parisian slaughterhouse: the finest of Franju’s dark yet lyrical postwar documentaries.
For more information, click here.
Eyes Without A Face (Les Yeux sans visage)
Desperate to find a cure for his facially disfigured daughter, Dr Génessier carries out experimental skin grafts using the young girls who assistant Louise has lured to his clinic, with horrific results. This delicately handled, sinister masterpiece bears Cocteau’s influence but its weird, brutally poetic tone is Franju’s own.
Le Sang des bêtes
From 1948. An unflinching portrayal of a Parisian slaughterhouse: the finest of Franju’s dark yet lyrical postwar documentaries.
For more information, click here.
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