IMDb plot summary: Mark is a middle-aged man who has spent most of his life with a mustache on his face. He suddenly decides to shave it.
Directed by Emmanuel Carrère. Stars Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, and Mathieu Amalric.
La Moustache is a French film about a man who, on a whim, shaves his moustache. Then things start getting weird: his wife insists he never had a moustache, and other things about his life seem to be breaking with his known reality. I was kind of dreading this one, given my not-great relationship with both semi-surreal films and French film, but it won me over much more than I expected. The score, by Philip Glass, does a lot of the heavy lifting in connecting me with the film emotionally, particularly during one long mostly-wordless section where our main character basically tries to run away from the whole situation. While it could have been irritating that we never get an explanation as to what's actually happening to this character, it mostly worked and hit the emotional beats as we just see him figure out how to cope with it. Our main character's behavior is believable even when his circumstances are bonkers, so it's easy to follow along with him on that journey. It's an interesting and strange little film that captured me.
🎥 The Moustache (2005)
📊 Ranked #1075/4228 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 75
beat Eddington (#2130 → #2131)
beat Barbie (#1110 → #1111)
lost to The Big Sick (held at #595)
lost to Bodies Bodies Bodies (held at #853)
lost to Anna Karenina (held at #978)
lost to Wag the Dog (held at #1044)
beat Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (#1075 → #1076)
lost to Cannibal! The Musical (held at #1059)
lost to The Pirates of Penzance (held at #1067)
lost to Hot Millions (held at #1071)
lost to Shin Godzilla (held at #1073)
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