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La moustache

France

2005

87 Min
Color
1.85:1
Cantonese, English, French
Subtitled in English
Audio in French
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DIR Emmanuel Carrère

PROD Anne-Dominique Toussaint

SCR Jérôme Beaujour, Emmanuel Carrère

DP Patrick Blossier

CAST Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot, Cylia Malki, Macha Polikarpova, Fantine Camus, Frédéric Imberty, Brigitte Bémol, Denis Menochet, Jérôme Bertin

ED Camille Cotte

PROD DES Françoise Dupertuis

MUSIC Philip Glass

SOUND Laurent Poirier

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs): Label Europa Cinemas, Edinburgh (Rosebud), Stockholm, Mar del Plata (Out of Competition)

Synopsis

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? —IMDb

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Emmanuel Carrère

Emmanuel Carrère (born in Paris on 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Louis Édouard Carrère, often known as Louis Carrère d’Encausse after his wife’s pen name, and French historian Hélène Carrère d’Encausse.

Carrère studied at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (better known as Sciences Po). Much of his writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centers around the primary themes of the interrogation of identity, the development of illusion and the direction of reality. Several of his books have been made into films; in 2005, he personally directed the film adaptation of his novel La Moustache. He was the president of the jury of the book Inter 2003.

He was scheduled to be part of the jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May. He has been announced as a member of the jury for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. —Wikipedia 

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aperian

25Jul11

Thin plot, good performances. I understand the desire to be ambiguous, but a little more would have been nice.

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lina

31May11

too bad, the film is I think the adaptation of a terrific short story by Guy de Maupassant.

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Benjamin C.

31May11

A terrific concept with a truly boring and disappointing execution. I was on board until I realized that a) there was no way the film was going to explain what was going on, b) that the action had terminated right when the protagonist left France and c) nothing was happening and there was still a half hour left! I love weird films, I love French films, and I even love films that leave you guessing. Just not this one.

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Arisa

5Nov10

Perhaps one of my least favorite movies ever.

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By Beneezy on March 13, 2010

(Friday / March 12, 2010 / 2:35pm)

“La Moustache” is a voyage of finding the meaning of oneself. A man filled with confusion and mistrust attempting to determine the truth, spins out of control…  read review

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