FACELESS

A former patient of famed plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Flamand seeks revenge for a botched operation by throwing acid at him, but she misses; the acid instead lands on the face of his sister, Ingrid, leaving her severely disfigured. At a photoshoot in Paris, the doctor's assistant and lover Nathalie kidnaps the American model Barbara Hallen. Barbara is then locked in the basement of Flamand's clinic, where it is revealed that Flamand kidnaps young women and uses their blood and body parts to perform "miracle treatments" for his patients.

In New York City, Barbara's father Terry Hallen hires her ex-boyfriend, the private detective Sam Morgan, to find her. Once in Paris, Morgan begins investigating. As Flamand plans to graft Barbara's face onto his own daughters, Flamand and Nathalie are instructed by surgeon Dr. Orloff to meet Dr. Karl Heinz Moser, who agrees to assist Flamand with his surgery. They return to find Barbara's face has been badly cut by Flamand's mute assistant Gordon.

As Morgan continues his investigation, Flamand kidnaps call-girl and former patient Melissa, to use for the face transplant. Moser arrives for the operation. As the operation is performed, Melissa's face is destroyed leading Gordon to sever Melissa's head from her body using a chainsaw, leading Flamand and Nathalie to kidnap another woman.

Morgan traces a credit card belonging to Barbara to the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud and to Flamand's clinic. After returning from the clinic, Morgan views security footage at realizes the watch Nathalie was wearing matches the watch Barbara had when she was abducted. As Morgan decides to return to the clinic, a nurse at the clinic enters the basement and finds all of the girls locked up, leading her to be killed by Gordon. Moser, Flamand, and Nathalie remove the actress's face and successfully graft it to Ingrid's skin.

Morgan returns to the clinic and is attacked by Gordon but manages to kill him. Morgan locates Barbara and the other captured women but gets locked in Barbara's cell by Nathalie. Flamand, Moser and Nathalie then brick up the cell. As murder victims have piled up, authorities close in, and Flamand, Nathalie and Ingrid take Moser's advice to leave France, leaving Barbara and Morgan alive in their cells. Sam reveals he has sent Terry a message, and that if he doesn't leave a message in 12 hours, Terry should "send in the marines, Merry Christmas." Terry says to his office executive to get him on the first flight to Paris in hopes of rescuing the two.

Flamand and his accomplices successfully graft a new face onto Ingrid, then flee France as authorities close in, leaving Barbara and detective Sam Morgan imprisoned but alive.

The ending underlines the film’s bleak view of obsession and amorality, as the villains escape justice and the victims are left trapped, symbolizing the enduring consequences of unchecked vanity and ethical decay. The false sense of closure for Flamand—restoring his sister at any cost—contrasts sharply with the unresolved fates of his captives, maintaining a chilling ambiguity.