The Moustache

The Moustache

6.1IMDb Score
Released:2005-06-09
Duration:86 min
Country:France
Director:Emmanuel Carrère
Actors:Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot, Cylia Malki
Production:Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma

Overview:

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?

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