"THE BLOOD ROSE" "THE PAST"" "In an ancestral manor house, two men reﬂect on their past" "They await a doctor's verdict" "The gallery was packed." "Frederic Lansac was a star artist" "Frederic and I were co-owners of a health club" "And an art gallery, where I was the master of ceremonies" "Moira..." "It all began with hen." "My dear Moira" " Where've you been?" " Traveling..." "I simply had to see India" "My God!" "Such suffering and poverty" "Yes, how terrible" "But you bring all the charms of Paris" "And you all its ﬂattery" "Oh, Albert!" "Please say yes..." "Just think of it..." "A Lansac in our living room" "Please, Albert..." "We'll take the Lansac." "My 'wife really likes it" "A good choice" " A good investment, too" " Really..." "Can you deal with this?" " How can I meet him?" " Who?" "Lansac, of course." "You're good friends" "Not right now." "He's preparing a new exhibition..." "That big canvas..." "Is it still for sale?" "You like it?" "Maybe." "It'll suit my new decor" "Now, about Lansac..." "Lansac..." "It didn't' take her long to get what she wanted" "A new lover to boast about to her friends" "Someone who filled the gossip columns" "Lansac the great" "Lansac the genius" "Lansac the decadent" "Stop fidgeting, for God's sake!" "I can't work like this" "You didn't complain last night" "No, the one from Renoma" "Anne?" "Yes, I've been back two months" "I'm having a party on Friday" "You can meet Frederic Lansac" "Yes, the painter" "You know I like famous people" "Come as a marquise." "You'll look great" "He must have finished by now" "This waiting is unbearable." "I must know" "I accepted the invitation and hired a costume" "That was how I met Anne" "Anne, who became..." "Anne, whom I loved at once" "We forgot about Moira's party We wanted to be alone" "I'd never felt like this before" "I love these films" "The Vampires, all that blood..." "Wonderful!" "Where's your Frederic?" "These artists are always late" "Yes, it's me" "Impossible" "I have work to finish" "Another one for your private museum" "I've told you I can't" "Apologise to your guests" "I left my old life behind" "I thought only of Anne" "She became my muse" "Inspired my best work" "I felt real love for the first time in my life" "We left for the country where I owned a chateau" "I wished to surprise her" "Private Property Keep Out." "No Trespassers" "Baron Frederic de Lansac..." "1712 to 1786" "My great, great, great, great grandfather" " He was a baron?" " Yes..." "But my great great grandfather was a gambler" "He lost the title in a dice game" "A shame." "Baroness Anne de Lansac sounds good" " You grew up here?" " Yes" "Until my parents died" "Left to myself, I decided to travel" " You knew Wilfried then?" " No" "I was in Brazil." "He had a conference about tropical plants" "I was his only audience" " You were interested in plants" " Not at all" "I just wanted to speak French" "By the time we finished talking I'd begun to share his obsession" "The next day we left for Paris" "The rest is history... ls there a ghost?" "I think he's asleep right now" "I want to live here" "You'd soon get bored." "There's no life here" "I don't need anyone else." "Please..." "Welcome, Madame to your domain" "I'll tell the ghost the good news" "Don't be scared" "There's nothing to fear" "They've lived here years" "My parents took them in" "When I left here I told them they could stay" "I forgot about them" "Who knows where they're from" "My father found them in the village, some boys were mocking them" "He decided to look after them" "What are they called?" "Igor and Olaf" "I'll tell them to go before we move in" "Yes, please do..." "No..." "Frederic, they can stay" "They just scared me" "Beautiful Anne" "Hurry, hurry..." "I must know" "After our wedding, we threw a huge party" "The climax was to be a grand sound and light show" "Come on..." "Our guests are here" "Don't move, Anna." "You were never prettier" "I feel pretty in your arms" "I've never been happier" "So happy that sometimes it scares me" " Afraid that something..." " Nothing and nobody can destroy our happiness" "Nobody!" "Mr Lansac, please!" "I guess you forgot to invite me to the party" "Well, you're here now" " And I'm glad you are" " Don't touch me" "Moira was furious" "Anne backed away from her" "Then it happened..." "Look out, Anne!" "Look out!" "It's a miracle she's still alive" "She's suffered severe burns" "She'll never walk again" "Her eyesight will be severely impaired" "And her face..." "Her face... ls badly disfigured" "She'll wake up soon" "THE PRESENT"" "The manor has become a tomb" "Anne Lansac had her death announced" "Frederic is a broken man" "The time of suffering begins..." "It was a terrible shock for Frederic, losing his 'wife like that" "Such a beautiful woman" "Very beautiful" "Now he's shut himself away from the world" " I hope you'll enjoy it here, Mr...?" " Romer" "Careful!" "That plant is very dangerous!" "Come on, I'm listening" "Get on with it" "Frederic, pull yourself together" "Frederic, make an effort" "I know it's tough, but..." "What's the point?" "There's no Frederic" "Frederic's dead!" "Lansac. .." "The great Lansac" "He can't even hold a brush" "Can't mix a color" "Can't paint his wife." "Because you don't paint monsters!" "I need you" "I'm going away for a while." "You must run things" "Romer... ?" "I don't really trust him yet" "Anyway, you're my partner..." "I can't leave Anne" "I'll get a nurse to live here" "Impossible." "People think she's dead" "She wants to see no-one" "It'll be fine" "She won't talk" "She'll never agree" "You can't spend all your life in this room" "Locked up in this castle with a wife who..." "Look what you've become." "You need to get away" "I leave tomorrow morning." "I'll see you at the club before I go" "Take this plant to Mr Lansac's car" "Be careful, it's highly dangerous" " What is it?" " A new hybrid" "Mr Lansac's not named it yet" "He wants to study it at home before we use it" "The thorns at the heart of this plant secrete a deadly poison" "Hello, Anne" "You're back then?" "Yes..." "Olaf..." "Olaf!" "Don't touch that plant" "See those thorns in the centre?" "One touch and you die" "Understand?" "You die" "Pick it up" "Take it to the plant room" "And warn Igor" "Careful, now" "That's right" "There..." " It's done" " Just makes me feel worse" "But, Madame..." "Get out!" "Leave me alone" " Anything else...?" " Yes!" "Get out!" "I hate that girl." "Get rid of her" "You're upset" "You want her." "So go and console her" " Anne..." " Stop it!" "Don't touch me" " But why?" "..." " Go on, run after her!" "Why does she hate me so?" "She doesn't hate you, Agnes." "It's what you represent" "Her lost beauty" "Give it time" "It's hard for her" "We have no idea" "She's lost everything" "Everything..." "Yes, Madame?" "I'm sorry about yesterday." "I was hateful" " It's all right" " My husband says I was very unfair" "It's just my job" "No, he's right." "It won't happen again" "Dear Agnes..." "so sweet, so pretty" "What a strange plant" "I never saw one like it" "My husband brought it here." "It's very rare" "Could you water it for me, please" "Move the leaves." "The water must get right inside" "The leaves aren't delicate" "Yes, there" "Agnes..." "So sweet, so pretty!" "I would have attended your wife's funeral, but..." "It's alright." "I wanted no-one there" "I feel for you." "She was so pretty" "A fascinating face" "Fascinating, indeed" "She was coming between us." "She had to die" "I killed her to save our love" "Frederic, I couldn't bear to see her face... her body" "She was beautiful..." "Too beautiful" " Yes sir?" " Professor Romer" " He's in the solarium" " I'll find him" "You have to do it!" "The police are after me..." " So when can you operate?" " Not so loud" "This evening" "Don't come here again." "It's too dangerous" "There..." "The mould is ready" "I'll operate Friday evening" " That institute's a good cover..." " Shut up!" "Come back Friday evening" "Very interesting, Mr Romer" " You heard it all?" " Yes" "A risky hobby you have" "The law might be very interested in your amateur... surgery'" " I can explain" " Explain what?" "That you're using my place as a cover" "That nice Mr Romer who looks after plants is really nothing but a damn butcher" "You are risking my reputation for your trade in human flesh" "It won't do, Romer." "It won't do at all" " I trusted you..." " Please, let me explain" "The word "butcher" hurts me" "I was a famous surgeon" "I saved many people's lives" "I had one passion" "The face..." "The human face has always had a strange attraction for me" "It's miraculous symmetries fascinate me" "The lines... the shapes..." "The texture, the colors" "Twelve years ago, in tragic circumstances" "I had to operate on a child's face" "I should never have done it" "But I saw it as a new experience" "The operation failed" "The parents lodged a complaint." "I was found guilty and sent to prison" "When I came out, I was finished" "A man who knew nothing but surgery but had no right to practice it" "One day..." "I agreed to operate on the face of a man I knew from prison" "A man who was wanted by the police" "And before long" "I acquired a certain reputation" "A few months later I decided to put an end to all that and fade into the shadows" "Then your partner offered me this position" "A chance to be clear of my past" "And then this man turns up threatening to expose me" "I was stuck" "And now, Mr Lansac... do your duty as a good citizen" "We're leaving" "Leaving?" "For where?" "To my chateau" "To meet someone" "Someone who'll be delighted to meet you" "My 'wife" "I can do nothing." "The tissue is gone" "I brought you here to find a solution" "There is no way." "I can do nothing" "There's one possibility, but science isn't ready for it" "If we had a complete face of living tissue" "It would kill the donor" "It's impossible" "Unthinkable" "It would mean cutting the face off a living woman" "It's too horrible" "It's impossible" "No..." "No." "It's impossible" "Isn't it...?" "You can't..." "No, it's monstrous" "Isn't it...?" "THE FUTURE" "The face of a living woman..." "The idea grew in the mind of a madman" "Thus began the search for a future victim" "Until one day...'" "My Dear Agnes..." "It's been a long time since we heard from you" "I hope you are enjoying your new job" "Just a few lines to let you know Paul and I are getting married" "I hope you will find the time to come and see us" "miss you a lot" "I can't wait to hear from you" "Paul sends his love" "Your loving sister, Barbara" "You must reply" "Say that her sister has left..." "Still staring at that letter?" "Why shouldn't she have gone traveling?" "It's not like her" "She's not the adventurous type" ""Your sister left a week ago..."" ""Some friends of ours needed a nurse..."" ""...to travel to Japan with them"" "No, Paul." "Not Agnes" "Don't worry" "Tomorrow you'll get a post card from..." "Tokyo" "I'm going there" "Japan?" "No!" "To the chateau where she worked" "You'll look silly" "Really, your honor?" "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, can you really blame this poor abandoned child...?" "You can go, I'll lock up" "Thank you." "Good night, sir" "Romer?" "We're going now Fetch her" "Please don't scream." "I won't hurt you" "I don't trust Romer" " I don't think he'll do it" " He has no choice" "Believe me, it'll be all right" "I want to see this girl." "Bring her to me" "Now?" "I want to be sure about her..." "Her face" "Her beauty" "Go get her" "You killed her!" "You killed her!" "You want me to be a monster, like you!" "Please come in" "What's wrong?" "You seem afraid" "I heard something in the woods." "An animal, I suppose" "I'm a bit suggestive" "Come in and sit by the fire" "To what do I owe my good fortune... to have a such a pretty guest in this sinister chateau?" "I was researching a guide to the area" "And I was hoping to write something about this place" "Your room is ready" "You live here alone?" "Yes" "My wife died in an accident" "The elements have conspired to trap you here" "So it seems" "Now I'll have to stay" "Some more wine?" "They're just my servants" "You'll get used to them" "I'll show you the chateau tomorrow" "Come..." "I'll show you your room" "Come" "I've grown used to the solitude" "After my wife's death I thought to move away, but..." "What's that noise?" "The storm...?" "That room's been empty a longtime" "Far too long" " It was my wife's room" " I'm sorry" "Here's your room" "I hope the storm won't keep you awake" "Good night" "That room's been empty a long time" "It was my wife's room" "Agnes...?" "Agnes?" "Who are you?" "Where's Agnes?" " Where's my sister?" " I killed her" "Because she was pretty and I'm not" "Now you will give me your face" "All is ready" "And you won't really die, you'll live in me" "Hans Romer?" "Yes" "Professor Hans Romer?" " I'm no longer..." " Sorry, I forgot..." " You've been struck off" " Who are you?" "Why these questions?" "Of course." "Sorry, Professor..." "Chief Inspector Dorsay" " Do you know this man?" " No" "No?" "And this one?" " No" " Really?" "Look closer." "See a similarity?" "It's the same man." "Before and after..." "I already told you I don't know these men" "This man" "His face was altered" "By a great specialist" "A very great specialist" "Come on, Professor" " I already told you, I'm not..." " I know, I know" "But your skill, that remains" "You operated on this man" "Since my conviction I never touched a scalpel" "My life has changed" "I've no connections with the past" "Don't you think I've paid enough, Inspector?" "All right" "This is just a..." "routine visit" "The man in the photo was arrested last week" "But something was wrong." "His prints didn't match" "His face was different" "There were still scars" "And so you thought of the awful Dr Romer" "The torturer" "The man who carves up children" "The pervert" "I understand how you feel." "But I'm just doing my job" "A human cog in a complex electronic machine" "A face remade." "Punch a button... and a few seconds later, out comes a little card" "With my name on" "Correct" "It's the new way" "One day the machine will ask the questions too" "Yes, it's me" "Get here at once" "We operate tonight" "That's impossible" "I can't" " I told you, it's impossible" " You have no choice" "I'm sure the police will be interested..." "Yes, I understand..." "Yes, I will" "See you later" "Problems?" " Hope it wasn't serious" " Not at all" "Some plants are arriving at the institute" "I have to get down there to check that things are all right" "Shall I come with you?" "No, that's quite all right" "We can talk again later" "Unless I'm under arrest?" "Very funny, Professor" "I told you, this was just a routine call" "I look forward to talking again later" "It's all right." "I'll see myself out" "Tonight..." "Romer's here." "He's getting ready" "I'm scared" "What if it doesn't work?" "I'd rather die than stay like this" "You must help me die" "Stop this." "You'll live, Anne" "You'll be beautiful" "We'll go away and forget all this." "It'll be just a bad dream" "And I 'will be your 'wife again." "Kiss me, Frederic" "Kiss me" "Soon I'll be able to look at myself again" "Soon my pain will be over" "Beautiful..." "I want no more monsters here" "Burn all those black dresses!" "I never want to see them again" "I want only bright clothes." "Worthy of my beauty" "Frederic you'll learn to love me again" "To desire me" "I will be desirable again" "No chance." "There's no chance this will work" "This poor girl will die pointlessly" "I'm caught in a hellish trap" "On one side that damned policeman" "On the other, this monstrous couple" "Sleep..." "The drugs are working" "What monstrous dreams she must be having" "No, I beg you..." "Please, have pity" "Isn't the death of two women enough?" "You're not like them." "They are evil" "I beg you, let me go" "Please!" "I want to live..." "It's all over" "I'll be like this forever" "That's what you wanted" "You and your monsters" "It's you who killed Romer" "You feared my beauty" "I'll kill you for what you've done!" "Kill you!" "You're happy now it's failed" "Take me away from here!" "Take me away" "You want me to be a monster like you" "Take me away" "What's going on, Barbara?" "What's happened here?" "Where's Agnes?" "Let's go!" "Now!" "I've just killed my wife and my servants" "There's a woman buried here too" "That's right." "The Lansac chateau"