la moustache be a very well act and conceive belgian film that start with a terrific premise that could be the opening for either a comedy or a drama and end up wonder which path to take . writer or director emmanuel carrère ( with co script writer jérôme beaujour ) take u on a mind trip that become increasingly disorienting and frustrating a the film progress . it challenge the audience to think but then there be no payoff for the effort . marc ( vincent lindon ) be a handsome middle age man marry to agnès ( emmanuelle devos ) for fifteen year and one morning and in what in retrospect be in response to a bit of relationship ennui and decides to shave off his mustache which have always be present since his marriage begin . the surprise to marc be that agnès doesn not even notice . at work marc quietly show up and no one notice and not even his close associate bruno ( hippolyte girardot ) . marc be at first perplexed and then he confront his wife and fellow worker with the fact that he just shave off his mustache and no one believe that he ever have one . marc begin to search for photo show his previous face and gradually the photo disappear and his wife deny ever see them and ever travel to bali where the photo be take and etc . people begin to wonder about marc sanity and his wife suggest he seek psychiatric care . it be at this point that marc enter a fugue state and ultimately disappear to hong kong on a never end quest for discover the truth about who he really be and whether he actually exist and whether he be the pawn in a cosmic game . it just get more ludicrous . both vincent lindon and emmanuelle devos be superb in this peculiar role and the film have solid production value . perhaps it be the director point to leave the audience in a confused state and one that call forth the existential question and but a a film it merely peters out and leave the viewer a bit frustrate by the lack of substance . grady harp .