The Moustache

The Moustache (2005)

La Moustache

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?

Date of release
2005-06-09
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (126)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Director
Emmanuel Carrère

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Moustache
  • Filmed in: Hong Kong

The Moustache is a French film from 2005, directed by Emmanuel Carrère and starring Vincent Lindon, and adapted from Carrère's own 1986 novel The Moustache. The film features music from a violin concerto by Philip Glass. The film was awarded the Label Europa Cinemas prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and is currently distributed theatrically in the United States by the Cinema Guild with a DVD release handled by Koch-Lorber Films.

Production notes

The Hong Kong village scenes were filmed in Ko Lau Wan, Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong.

La Moustache captures an element of suspense, though the actions and plot are ambiguous. Many critics have said that the film's events are not literal, but metaphorical and are symbolic of Marc's loss of identity (or of a possible mid-life crisis). Whether the final scene was meant to be what really happened or was just an idealised dream of what Marc wished had happened is unspecified.

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