Holy Motors

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7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Leos Carax

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Denis Lavant
Mr. Oscar / Le Banquier / La Mendiante / L'O.S de la Motion Capture / M. Merde / Le Père / L'Accordéoniste / Le Tueur / Le Tué /

Edith Scob
Céline

Eva Mendes
Kay M

Kylie Minogue
Eva Grace (Jean)

Elise Lhomeau
Léa (Élise)

Jeanne Disson
Angèle

Michel Piccoli
L'Homme à la tache de vin

Leos Carax
Le Dormeur / Voix Limousine

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Leos Carax
(screenplay)

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11 years, 6 months ago at Oct 25 18:35

Toby White

It is difficult to describe to someone what actually happens in this film. At times it reaches sublime heights, it has off-the-wall moments and it is sometimes ridiculous (talking limousines) but it is always unpredictable.
It is undoubtedly an incredibly ambitious and admirable piece of filmmaking, full of homages and references to notable classics. Above all, this film is intensely self-... read more

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11 years, 2 months ago at Feb 23 15:57

fernando

To hell with all the conceptual embodiment of the film,beginning with the obscure first sequence one the man in the movies. I just like the force, madness, agonic sexuality, seductive ugliness of Lavant,the handy elegance of Scob. The sole sequence of the cemetery with la bete klauskinskian Lavant and la belle Eva Mendes,deserves my 3 star rating

A good movie

9 years, 5 months ago at Oct 28 22:37

johanlefourbe

Since I had heard some rather interesting things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, as I expected, it was a pretty tough watch. Indeed, after watching virtually everything directed by David Lynch, I think I had my share of weird experimental mind-f*cks so I definitely had a hard time to connect with this picture. Still, there is no denying that there was still somet... read more

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Description: From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man... He seems to be playing roles, plunging headlong into each part - but where are the cameras? Monsieur Oscar is alone, accompanied only by Céline, the slender blonde woman behind the wheel of the vast engine that transports him through and around Paris. He’s like a conscientious assassin moving from hit to hit. In pursuit of the beautiful gesture, the mysterious driving force, the women and the ghosts of past lives. But ... (more)

Release date: 4 July 2012

Tags: France (5), 2010s (4), 2012 (4), Surrealism (3), Germany (3), Suicide (2), Cannes (2), Limousine (2), Absurd (2), French (2), Sort (1), Motion Capture (1), Camus’ Sisyphus (1), Make-up (1), (1), 2010's (1), Fantasy (1), Imagination (1), Surreal (1), Cars (1)

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