Holy Motors

Leos Carax (France/Germany 2012). 116mins. Certificate 18

Leos Carax returns to cinema after a 13-year hiatus with HOLY MOTORS, a brilliant, visually striking film that was one of the toasts of Cannes Film Festival.

Focusing on a single day in Paris, we spend time in the company of Monsieur Oscar (Denis Levant), who’s being chauffeured around the city. And while travelling, he takes on the guise of many others, swiftly changing on board before heading off for his next appointment.

Prepare, then, for a strange journey that takes in comedy, pathos, surrealism, nudity, Kylie… and surely the greatest performance of Denis Lavant’s career. Extraordinary!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Dark and gloriously eccentric” Financial Times

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Pure pleasure… wayward, kaleidoscopic, black comic and bizarre” The Guardian

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “An exhilarating lunatic odyssey” The Telegraph

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “An exhilarating, audacious, lunatic rocket-ride. Hop on board.” Empire