Wonderful character development!

A Disappointing Continuation

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I hate to think I wasted an hour and a half watching "La Moustache" but I'm led to that inevitable conclusion. Not that I don't like a puzzler every now and then, but there should be some internal consistency in a picture that brings it all together at the finale. It doesn't have to be a happy or satisfactory one for the characters, but there should be some sort of resolution for the viewer. I can just picture all the critics at Cannes discussing how brilliant this picture is, when in reality, none of them would have had a clue. Another writer on this board, Roger Burke, actually makes a pretty good case for how to decipher this film, and his explanation takes some of the edge off of my feeling about it, but if the picture is that obtuse to the point where I couldn't figure it out myself, then it's really not worth the trouble. And it's not like I wasn't paying attention to the details. For example, during the restaurant scene, there was more wine in the glass the second time Agnes took a drink than the moment before. I'm surprised Marc didn't notice that.

Well it starts out innocently enough and then we are thrown back and forth back and forth with each point verifying itself leaving the viewer saying yes, I agree only to have the same viewer say, no I don't agree. Then,you ask, which one is it? This style of story can be compelling and entertaining but risks losing the viewer at the end if they are not pleased...That potential exists here. It is definitely a discussion film, but has obvious points that once mentioned have no further value. It is that ending that causes one to say...what is going on here? There is a subtle clue or two, but I needed input from a sensitive commenter to find closure because the director will not help you here...I was engrossed all the way through, so no problem there...but that ending well its like a five course meal and you only got 4 courses. Your full, but you paid for five courses...enjoy this movie because this is only my opinion I am sharing. You will definitely have yours and so will others..

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,

Didn't anybody else notice that, despite the fact the guy had photos of himself with a mustache, he didn't show them to his wife? I mean, come on. The first thing anybody would've done in his situation, with his wife insisting he never had a mustache, would be to shove the photos in her face and say "See? Photos of me with a mustache!" For God's sake, he even showed a stranger (female cop) his driver's license and said "Do you see a mustache in this photo?" And the cop said "Yes". So why wouldn't the guy show it to his wife? He even dug out the photos and looked at them, ostensibly with the intention of showing them to his wife as proof, but no. I can't believe how insanely frustrating it was to try and watch this flick while that idiot held onto those photos yet didn't show them to his wife. I couldn't enjoy it after that. Please, someone explain to me why the director thought that was a reasonable way for the protagonist to behave.