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La Moustache (2005) DVD Review
La Moustache (2005) DVD Credits:
La Moustache (2005) Directed by:
Emmanuel Carrère
La Moustache (2005) Written by:
Not available at this time
La Moustache (2005) Cast:
Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot, Cylia Malki
La Moustache (2005) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
La Moustache (2005) DVD Release Date:
16th January 2007
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La Moustache (2005) Synopsis:

One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the mustache 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 mustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world’s order gone terribly awry?

La Moustache (2005) DVD Review:

The quirky simplicity of the basic premise of La Moustache is astounding, and might have been laughable had it not been handled with such direct and intentional care. Vincent Lindon must take a great deal of credit for how enigmatic and compelling many simple scenes are. His reaction and even the simple expressions of his eyes take each scene much farther than the dialogue ever could without giving any secrets away while still remaining so compelling.

Lindon is Marc Thiriez, a successful architect who I sitting in the bath when we first join him. He is contemplating shaving the moustache he has worn for so many years while he and his wife prepare for an evening out. She leaves momentarily and he shaves his moustache, but when she returns the change goes completely unnoticed. Marc doesn’t say anything, probably with the hops that their friends will point it out during their evening out, but they too fail to notice. Marc even goes so far as to remark on friend’s changed hairstyles, although he never actually tells them what they are missing. Once he finally does confront the people in his life they tell him that he never had a moustache, beginning a psychological trip with clues leading in many directions that audiences must decipher themselves even after the film has ended. It is a fascinating and engaging film from start to finish, although some viewers might be slightly upset by what is not revealed by the end of the film.

There is something fascinating about what is left unsaid in La Moustache, never allowing us to know the real truth, but instead just the truth as we, or Marc, perceives it. There is an interview in the special features with director Emmanel Carrere and the editor Camille Cotte which gives some clues as to where to look in deciphering the meaning. There is also a making of featurette which can also be informative, but what is really missing is a commentary track. Special features also include a theatrical trailer.

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La Moustache (2005) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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