DVD Review - La Moustache
Emanuel Carrere directs this film adaptation of his novel (he co-wrote the screenplay with Jerome Beaujour). And what an interesting film it is!
La Moustache starts off in the home of a (seemingly) happily married couple, Marc and Agnes Thireiez (Vincent Lindon and Emmanuelle Devos). Marc asks Agnes what she would
think if he shaved off his moustache. She tells him that she has never known him without it. While she goes out to buy food he decides to shave it off. When she comes back she doesn't even notice it. And neither does anyone else. Marc is told that he never had a moustache (even though he has pictures showing him with one).
Things get progressively worse and we start to wonder if Marc is going mad. Or perhaps it is Agnes who is. The film has a real Hitchcockian feel to it. And although it is not as good as Cache it is certainly very good.
Devos is a fine actress and she does a wonderful job of bringing Agnes to life. You feel sorry for her but you are also somewhat suspicious. And I was very happy to see that marvelous actor Mathieu Amalric in a small role as the couple's friend Serge. But the film belongs to Lindon. All of his tortured thoughts can be seen on his ruggedly handsome face. He appears to be a man who isn't sure of his identity.
Carrere does not give us any real explanation of what is actually going on. So at the end of the film you will have to draw your own conclusions about what has happened. And the more you think about it the more you might change your mind. And you might want to talk to others who have seen the film (I do). But the most important thing is that this film makes you think and that is more than I can say about many of the films that are released these days.
La Moustache starts off in the home of a (seemingly) happily married couple, Marc and Agnes Thireiez (Vincent Lindon and Emmanuelle Devos). Marc asks Agnes what she would
think if he shaved off his moustache. She tells him that she has never known him without it. While she goes out to buy food he decides to shave it off. When she comes back she doesn't even notice it. And neither does anyone else. Marc is told that he never had a moustache (even though he has pictures showing him with one).
Things get progressively worse and we start to wonder if Marc is going mad. Or perhaps it is Agnes who is. The film has a real Hitchcockian feel to it. And although it is not as good as Cache it is certainly very good.
Devos is a fine actress and she does a wonderful job of bringing Agnes to life. You feel sorry for her but you are also somewhat suspicious. And I was very happy to see that marvelous actor Mathieu Amalric in a small role as the couple's friend Serge. But the film belongs to Lindon. All of his tortured thoughts can be seen on his ruggedly handsome face. He appears to be a man who isn't sure of his identity.
Carrere does not give us any real explanation of what is actually going on. So at the end of the film you will have to draw your own conclusions about what has happened. And the more you think about it the more you might change your mind. And you might want to talk to others who have seen the film (I do). But the most important thing is that this film makes you think and that is more than I can say about many of the films that are released these days.
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