Question: Build a movie plot around this: Who left a message on the answering machine? Marc's father
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La Moustache opens with Marc Thiriez, a middle aged Parisian, taking a bath and asking his wife if he should shave off the moustache he has sported for most of his adult life. His wife, Agnes, wryly comments that she wouldn't recognize him without it, yet as she leaves, Marc shaves the moustache off. Upon her return, Agnes is angry Marc did not let her in the door when she rang. Marc lies and says he broke his shoelace. In the car Marc asks his wife if she notices anything. She does not respond, wanting to know if he thinks she is dressed too sexy for the party. Later that evening, as the two visit their friends Serge (Agnes' first husband) and Nadia, Serge tells a funny story from his marriage to Agnes, how she was sneaky and refused to admit it, even when found out. Agnes again denies the sneakiness. Frustrated that Serge and Nadia also do not notice that Marc has shaven his trademark moustache, Marc fights with Agnes in the car as they return home, frightening Agnes. As they lie in bed that night, another fight over the moustache ensues as Agnes digs in her heels and tells Marc he's never had a moustache and that she fears for his sanity. Agnes phones Nadia and Nadia claims Marc has not had a moustache in fifteen years. Agnes takes a sleeping pill to sleep.Marc finds a photo album of pictures from their holiday in Bali, all of which show him sporting his moustache. When he confronts Agnes with these pictures, she ignores him and changes the subject, leaving him even more confused. She suggests Marc see a psychiatrist whom her friend Francois knew. Marc tries to make the best of his situation, but grows more paranoid and confused when even his co-workers don't acknowledge that he has shaven his moustache. He smokes a cigarette and his co-worker tells him he is fool for starting up again.His wife is upset at the soccer team and yells at the TV. She is upset when she finds Marc has taken up smoking again. They go out and Agnes insists on buying Marc a brightly patterned jacket ("a clown's...