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A very surreal film with an unsympathetic main character, which is acknowledged by the rest of the characters, and a quite boring plot. A man, whose face is burned off in a chemical accident, seeks the help of a doctor to put a new face, a mask, on top of his scarred one.The new face causes identity problems and affect his life. There is also a sub-plot with a young girl who has a burn scar on half her face and wishes to be found attractive.
The new face is then meant to take over his personality, but to be honest, it doesn't actually seem to. They keep talking about whether he is 'the face or the man' but their personalities aren't distinct enough to distinguish them. As I said before the man was horrible before he got his face and he was horrible after, he was just never happy.
The film had interesting stylistic techniques, which on first watch made it quite bizarre but on reflection can be seen as a positive if that is what you like to see in a film. The oddness of the plot is reflected in the oddness of how the film is made but two odds just make a film more nonsensical rather than interesting.
I can't say that I enjoyed the film because I am more interested in plot and character than technique but I can understand how someone else would enjoy this.
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