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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release2012

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

Budget$4,000,000

Revenue$641,100

Production

Pierre Grise Productions

Théo Films

Pandora Filmproduktion

WDR/Arte

ARTE France Cinéma

Movie

Holy Motors

2012

1h 56m

7.0

Drama

Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

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