Eyes Without a Face

Outside Paris, a corpse is dumped into the river and identified by Dr. Génessier as his missing daughter Christiane, following a crash that disfigured her face. In reality, Christiane still lives in his mansion, hidden from the world and guarded by dogs.

Christiane continues to live at her father's mansion next to his private clinic, wearing a mask to cover her disfigurement. She remains under constant watch by the dogs and guards, believing her father will someday restore her face.

Dr. Génessier's assistant Louise disposes of the real body that was swapped for Christiane, while the doctor plans the facial graft to rebuild Christiane's appearance. The deception is staged to look like Christiane's recovery, but the real body has been used to harvest skin.

After her father leaves with promises to restore her face, Christiane, in disguise, calls her fiancé Jacques Vernon but hangs up without speaking. The moment hints at her growing disillusionment with her father's experiments.

Génessier and Louise abduct Edna Grüber to the lab to prepare her for surgery, with Christiane secretly observing the process. The doctor sedates Edna to remove her skin for grafting onto Christiane.

Edna's facial skin is removed and grafted onto Christiane's face in a procedure performed under secrecy. The procedure proves physically successful but the new tissue soon rejects, leaving Christiane to wear the mask again.

The heavily bandaged Edna, deprived of her own identity, tries to escape but falls to her death from an upstairs window. Dr. Génessier and Louise dispose of Edna's corpse, and the doctor remains unaware or unconcerned about the consequences.

Jacques informs the police about the disappearances of young women with similar facial features, prompting Inspector Parot to mobilize. Paulette Mérodon is arrested for shoplifting and is ordered to check into Génessier's clinic, drawing suspicion toward the doctor.

Paulette Mérodon checks into the clinic under police escort, and as the doctors prepare for surgery, the police arrive to question Génessier. The tension mounts as the investigation tightens around him.

Christiane, growing disenchanted with her father's immoral experiments and her mounting guilt, frees Paulette and murders Louise by stabbing her in the neck. She also releases the dogs and doves, sabotaging her father's experiments.

Dr. Génessier dismisses the police and returns to his lab where a newly acquired German Shepherd incites the other dogs to maul him to death. Christiane remains emotionally detached as events unfold.

Christiane walks out into the woods with a dove in her hands, seemingly unfazed by the events around her. The film ends with a quiet shot of the forest, underscoring her eerie detachment.