Fresh
What the movie lacks visually, it makes up for with the performances, especially by Lindon, who leads us on a journey we want to stick with even if we can't fully understand.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Overview
One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?
Director and cast
- Emmanuel Carrère Director
- Vincent Lindon as Marc Thiriez
- Emmanuelle Devos as Agnès Thiriez
- Mathieu Amalric as Serge Schaeffer
- Hippolyte Girardot as Bruno
- Cylia Malki as Samira
- Macha Polikarpova as Nadia Schaeffer
- Fantine Camus as Lara Schaeffer
- Frédéric Imberty as Patron café
- Brigitte Bémol as Policière
- Denis Ménochet as Serveur
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In one sense it's what might be called 'typically French,' an exquisitely observed fable of bourgeois life that is mordant, witty and yet low-key. In another sense, it's what might be called 'nuts.'
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
A shuddery, enigmatic study in psychological suspense.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
An absorbing riddle posed in cool, matter-of-fact tones.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
I found it mesmerizing from beginning to end.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
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