"Les Yeux De La Nuit " bears more than a distant resemblance to Boileau-Narcejac 's "Les Visages De L'Ombre" ( transferred to the screen as " faces in the dark" by David Eady).
A man (Bruno Cremer) has accidentally become blind ,perhaps because of his nephew he has received in his home.Since ,he's become paranoiac,for he suspects his young wife (Clémentine Célarié) of having an affair with the young man :he hears them speaking of poison,he hears a couple making love .But the poison might be intended for a sick horse;and the young nephew 's lover might be the maid.
Claude Chabrol appears as the stable-lad and lectures us:never make false statements in order to discover the truth.