Movie

Holy Motors

2012 · 115 min

A surreal, dreamlike ride through shifting identities and bizarre performances that is inventive, unsettling, and strangely moving.

Overview: We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
How it feels: Absurd, melancholic, eerie and whimsical. Measured and demanding.
About: Identity, art, isolation, obsession
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
art
isolation
obsession
death
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild