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Release Date:
6 July 2005 (Belgium) more
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Plot:
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... more | full synopsis
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4 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Vincent Lindon ... Marc Thiriez
Emmanuelle Devos ... Agnès Thiriez
Mathieu Amalric ... Serge Schaeffer
Hippolyte Girardot ... Bruno
Cylia Malki ... Samira
Macha Polikarpova ... Nadia Schaeffer
Fantine Camus ... Lara Schaeffer
Frédéric Imberty ... Patron café
Brigitte Bémol ... Policière

Denis Menochet ... Serveur
Franck Richard ... Chauffeur taxi
Elizabeth Marre ... Hôtesse Roissy
Teresa Li ... Caissière ferry-boat
Au Hin Wai ... Contrôleur passeport
Kwok Chan Chung ... Employé aéroport
Perry Siu Fun Ho ... Marin
Hung Siu ... Homme tai chi
Hei Poon Yuen ... Réceptionniste hôtel
Hélène Devynck ... Amie du casino

Jérôme Bertin ... Ami du casino
Camille Cotte ... Opératrice France Télécom (voice)
Pierre Pachet ... Père de Marc (voice)
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Thierry Roland ... TV soccer commentator (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Emmanuel Carrère 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jérôme Beaujour  writer
Emmanuel Carrère  novel
Emmanuel Carrère  screenplay

Produced by
Romain Le Grand .... associate producer
Elliot Tong .... associate producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint .... producer
 
Original Music by
Philip Glass (musical composition by)
 
Cinematography by
Patrick Blossier 
 
Film Editing by
Camille Cotte 
 
Casting by
Sylvie Brocheré 
 
Production Design by
Françoise Dupertuis 
 
Costume Design by
Elisabeth Tavernier 
 
Makeup Department
Catherine George .... key makeup artist
Heidy Chun Sau Ha .... makeup artist: Hong Kong
Eric Monteil .... key hair stylist
 
Production Management
Matthieu Bled .... post-production manager
Antoine Moussault .... unit production manager
Paviel Raymont .... assistant production manager
Philippe Saal .... production manager
Chan Wan Sze Stanley .... associate production manager: Hong Kong
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raphaëlle Bruyas .... second assistant director
Clothilde Carenco .... trainee assistant director
Julian Chiu .... second assistant director: Hong Kong
Claire Galloy .... assistant director: location unit
Elizabeth Marre .... first assistant director
Julien Prudhomme .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Cécile Claveries .... key painter
 
Sound Department
Christophe Bourreau .... foley artist
Yannick Coutheron .... dialogue editor
Emmanuel Croset .... sound mixer
Vincent Goujon .... boom operator
Hervé Guyader .... sound editor
Laurent Poirier .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bruno Bimbard .... generator operator
Eric Blanckaert .... second assistant camera
Alice Capronnier .... first assistant camera
Mathieu Caudroy .... Steadicam operator
Nathalie Eno .... still photographer
Perry Ho .... best boy grip
Bob Lévy .... additional grip
Rachid Madaoui .... gaffer
Olivier Pont .... video assist operator
Didier Versolatto .... gaffer
 
Editorial Department
Mathilde Cousin .... assistant editor
Aurélie Laumont .... color timer
 
Other crew
Samantha Baudier .... production assistant
Josiane Morand .... script supervisor
Jake Seal .... pre-production consultant
Jake Seal .... production consultant: Hong Kong
 
Thanks
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé .... thanks
Jérôme Seydoux .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Moustache (Australia) (TV title)
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Runtime:
87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: In several of the scenes it appears that Lindon has a small cut on his forehead - but it keeps disappearing and reappearing randomly. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Chinese Puzzle, 22 February 2009
8/10
Author: valis1949 from United States

LA MOUSTACHE forces the viewer to grapple with a conundrum; "What is real, and what is not?". Carrere (who wrote the novel and directed the film) is a writer and fan of the late, great science fiction author, Philip K. Dick. In fact, Carrere's, I AM ALIVE AND YOU ARE DEAD:A JOURNEY INTO THE LIFE OF PHILIP K. DICK is an excellent biography of this gifted author. Nearly all of Dick's work concerned the shifting nature of Identity and the ontological basis for Reality. This movie examines the possibility of "Change"-shaving a moustache, and the impact on a life. In a sense, the film is kind of a Black Comedy, in that such a minor adjustment would not seem to lead to such dislocation. But, that is not the case in La Moustache. The movie begs all kinds of bizarre interpretations, so don't expect an easy ride from this French 'Chinese Puzzle' of a film,

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