Leave it to the French to make a serious existential movie about ‘staches.

Missed opportunity to deny either of those movies even exist, Nathan.

My favorite concept of what I’ll call the “something is missing that only the protagonist remembers” genre is a French film called La Moustache. It’s about a French man who has had a mustache his entire adult life. He finally shaves it, only for none of his acquaintances to notice. When he finally starts pointing out the mustache is gone, his friends and family claim he never had a mustache. Though I liked the concept, I didn’t much care for the execution. The premise was played completely straight, and the movie ended up being a bit too ponderous for my taste.

I’m holding out hope for a comedic remake starring Sam Elliott as a fictionalized version of himself. You could have a lot of fun going back and digitally erasing his mustache in his old film roles. Then adding a mustache in when he finally gets to re-watching Frogs.

Nope, haven’t seen either yet.