The Man Who Lost His Face

February. 20,2011      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

51-year-old Jose Mestre from Lisbon, Portugal has endured a massive tumor on his face for the past 35 years. After it has grown up to 15 pounds, a generous benefactor pays for the 13 hour surgery to remove it.

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Reviews

Platicsco
2011/02/20

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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CrawlerChunky
2011/02/21

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Philippa
2011/02/22

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Geraldine
2011/02/23

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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