Holy Motors

Holy Motors
French theatrical release poster
Directed byLeos Carax
Written byLeos Carax
Produced by
  • Martine Marignac
  • Maurice Tinchant
  • Albert Prévost
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byNelly Quettier
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 23 May 2012 (2012-05-23) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 4 July 2012 (2012-07-04) (France)
  • 30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) (Germany)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
Countries
Languages
  • French
  • English
Budget$4 million[3]
Box office$4.2 million[3]

Holy Motors is a 2012 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.[4] The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6]

  1. ^ "HOLY MOTORS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Nelson, Bob (22 May 2012). "Review: 'Holy Motors'". Variety. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Holy Motors". The Numbers. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference pkinterview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.