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Holy Motors

Play trailer Poster for Holy Motors Released Oct 17, 2012 1h 56m Fantasy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Driven around Paris by a loyal driver (Edith Scob), a mysterious man (Denis Lavant) dresses up in costumes and plays a number of strange, semiscripted roles.
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Mesmerizingly strange and willfully perverse, Holy Motors offers an unforgettable visual feast alongside a spellbinding -- albeit unapologetically challenging -- narrative.

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Robert Levin Newsday You'll either run with it or you won't, but you can be sure you've never seen anything quite like it. Rated: 3/4 Apr 29, 2020 Full Review Ginette Vincendeau Sight & Sound The film makes up for... lapses with dazzling moments. Apr 29, 2020 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Cinema is full, life is empty. Cinema is easy, life is mysterious. Perhaps that's Carax's message. Whatever it is, he has our attention. Rated: 3/4 Apr 28, 2020 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies If characters and plot are important ingredients for you, then you’ll probably start checking out before the halfway mark. Rated: 2/5 Aug 21, 2022 Full Review Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Episode 34: Relaxer / A Scanner Darkly / The Beach Bum / Holy Motors Rated: 94/100 Sep 14, 2021 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants This is what dream-logic looks like. Holy Motors comes about as close to making me actually feel like I was inside of a dream in anything since Inland Empire. Rated: A Jul 6, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matt C Unique, nutsy, desparate, surreal is life, especially when we start changing our character to match every scenario, becomes exhausting does it? Gets more extreme does it? Do you ever feel like you're being watched or simply to voyeur watching a life/style usually an exciting one. This is actually very "entertaining", though movie-people vs film-people will differ greatly (they want the simple answer presented by the end in crayon, & say: ohhh that's why haha, fart, go to bed) I can't understand bad reviews for this film. I'm a lover of a QUESTION MAKING film (as all answers people dogmatically give are bs), plus this challenges if we are doing vs watching/thinking only. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Leaburn O Felt obvious that this would be a Cannes critics favourite. It is batshit, dark, moody and stylish. It has something to say but it’s not altogether clear what. Mainly though, it just isn’t very entertaining or enjoyable to watch. Watched on DVD. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Pantera O "Your punishment, poor lisa, is to be you" Una obra surrealista de un hombre que tiene 9 citas diferentes, donde interpreta a diferente personas. Existencial. Poética. Sensorial. Una gran serie de metáforas, no muy claras, demaisado vagas. Por otro lado tiene una fantástica fotografía, con paidajes únicos de París, e historias interesantes, entretenidas y hasta divertidas, con buenos diálogo y reflexiones filosóficas. Una exploración del actor, a través de la vida cotidiana. Una reflexión sobre la realidad y el significado de la vida. Una película innovadora, poco convencional, pero igualmente difícil de entender y apreciar. No estoy seguro de haberla digerido bien. Ya la veré otra vez. Vale la pena. "¿Who are you?" Quien sabe si reiremos en la proxima vida. El cine te permite tener múltiples vidas. Técnica: 7.7 Expresión: 8.4 Efecto: 8.2 Experiencia: 7.0 Calificación: 7.8/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Jerod S Guy in a limo drives around and performs different roles around Paris. Not sure how they're connected. Not sure what the point was. Not worth trying to figure out, either. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Holy motors was a surreal experience, much different than anything else I’ve seen. Very original movie that I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys weird, foreign language films. Not quite 5 stars because it did drag on just a bit. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review Gbor G Twisted, in a good way. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Leos Carax

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Denis Lavant

Mr. Oscar

Edith Scob

Céline

Eva Mendes

Kay M

Kylie Minogue

Eva Grace

Elise Lhomeau

Léa

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Synopsis Driven around Paris by a loyal driver (Edith Scob), a mysterious man (Denis Lavant) dresses up in costumes and plays a number of strange, semiscripted roles.
Director
Leos Carax
Producer
Martine Marignac
Screenwriter
Leos Carax
Distributor
Indomina
Production Co
Pandora Filmproduktion, Pierre Grise Productions, arte France Cinéma, Théo Films, WDR/Arte
Genre
Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$641.1K
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Dolby
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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