Holy Motors (2012)

Directed by

Leos Carax

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,270 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Mr. Oscar travels around Paris in a limousine. He puts on different costumes and acts out a series of mysterious roles, from a beggar woman to a motion capture performer, with no visible audience or camera crew.

surrealdreamlikeunsettlingdisorientingabsurdmoodyunpredictablecontemplative

What happens

Holy Motors is a 2012 French surrealist fantasy drama film written and directed by Leos Carax and starring Denis Lavant and Édith Scob. Lavant plays Mr. Oscar, a man who appears to have a job as an actor, as he is seen dressing up in different costumes and performing various roles in several locations around Paris over the course of a day, though no cameras or audiences are ever seen around him. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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