The Moustache
– One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He wait..
One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?
06 Jul 2005
French, English, Cantonese
Emmanuel Carrère
Jérôme Beaujour, Emmanuel Carrère (novel), Emmanuel Carrère (screenplay)
Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot
Marc is sitting in his bath one morning and asks his wife, "how would you feel if I shaved off my mustache?" She doesn't think it's a great idea, for the 15 years they've been married, she's never known him without his 'stache. He shaves it off anyway, but when he sees his wife, she doesn't notice, neither do their friends at dinner that night, neither do his co-workers. Marc finally flips out, shouts at everyone, tells them he's tired of their little joke, and what do they really think. His wife and co-workers are appalled, what is he talking about, he's never had a mustache. In fact, he's imagining other things as well, or is he?
4 wins & 2 nominations.
Cinema Guild