Holy Motors

2012 film by Leos Carax

Movie Film Q304739

Facts

37 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award^[2]
Director: Leos Carax^[3]
Genre: drama film, fantasy film^[5]^[6]
Publication date: May 23, 2012, August 30, 2012, October 18, 2012, 2012
Official website: www.filmsdulosange.fr
Screenwriter: Leos Carax^[4]
Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century^[20]
Duration: +115
Assessment: Bechdel test
BBFC rating: 18 certificate
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
CNC film rating (Romania): N - 15
Capital cost: +3900000
Cast member: Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Élise Lhomeau, Michel Piccoli, Leos Carax, Michel Delahaye, Jean-François Balmer, Laurent Lacotte, Bertrand Cantat, Katarzyna Glinka, Jonathan Barbezieux^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
ClassInd rating: 14
Color: color
Costume designer: Anaïs Romand
Country of origin: France, Germany
Director of photography: Caroline Champetier, Yves Cape^[22]^[23]
Distributed by: Les Films du Losange, Netflix
Distribution format: video on demand
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Film editor: Nelly Quettier

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Filming location: Paris
ICAA rating: Not recommended for minors under 16
Kijkwijzer rating: 16
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
NMHH film rating: Category IV
Narrative location: Paris
Original language of film or TV show: French, English, Standard Chinese^[24]^[25]
Production company: Canal+^[21]
RCQ classification: 13+
RTC film rating: B15
Review score: 92%, 8.2/10, 85/100
Set in environment: movie theater
Title: Holy Motors

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🔖 Identifiers · 77

AllMovie title ID: v565874
Allcinema film ID: 344823
AlloCiné film ID: 195032
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B00BLH1KJQ
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.58eyeudv2gt06oqzwjwl6zlvk
BBC Things ID: 4f01563a-3530-4f9c-acfd-4c46883e7ca5
BFI National Archive work ID: 154051714
BadTaste ID: holy-motors
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 3488
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): holymotors
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 716749
Cinema.de ID: 5026586

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Ciné-Ressources film ID: 116263
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 99882
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 51330
César Award film ID: 34615
DNF film ID: 80146
Decine21 film ID: 24285
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 23607
Douban film ID: 6875451
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 22154, 22155
EDb film ID: t0028478
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/8977-0E15-C5A5-2187-778B-H
ElCinema film ID: 2011367
ElFilm film ID: 1745079
Elonet movie ID: 1523750
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: holy_motors
Exploitation mark number: 130255
FilmAffinity film ID: 774994
FilmVandaag ID: film/50922
Filmová databáze film ID: 100744
Filmportal ID: 91dc2043474e46529bf81b7c6e056bfa
Filmweb.no film ID: 90917
Filmweb.pl film ID: 637408
Freebase ID: /m/0h3qcj5
ICAA film catalogue ID: 81612
IMCDB work ID: 2076220
IMDb ID: tt2076220
ISAN: 0000-0003-560E-0000-F-0000-0000-T
ITunes movie ID: 874.2M (566.4M–1.5B, n=4)
KINENOTE film ID: 70758
Kanopy ID: 652709
Kino-teatr.ua film ID: 44050
Kinobox film ID: 315628
Kinopoisk film ID: 630647
Kvikmyndir film ID: 8280
LUMIERE film ID: 39159
LdiF ID: 540377
Letterboxd film ID: holy-motors
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 73377
Metacritic ID: movie/holy-motors
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv52507
MovieLens movie ID: 96832
MovieMeter film ID: 82244
Moviepilot.de film ID: holy-motors
Netflix ID: 70242544
OFDb film ID: 225673
OMDb film ID: 57508
PORT film ID: 130601
Plex media key: 5d776910594b2b001e69c19b
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/holy_motors
Répertoire des films classés film ID: 371345
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 36147
Scope.dk film ID: 8849
Sratim ID: tt1124166
Swedish Film Database ID: 76263
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 896191
TMDB movie ID: 103328
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 382545
TV.com ID (archived): movies/holy-motors
The Numbers movie ID: Holy-Motors
TheTVDB movie ID: 11874
Trakt.tv ID: movies/holy-motors-2012
Trakt.tv film ID: 73815
Unconsenting Media ID: 10206
Unifrance film ID: 32839
ČSFD film ID: 313071

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Cast member 9

Kylie Minogue, Eva Mendes, Michel Piccoli, Leos Carax, Édith Scob, Denis Lavant, Bertrand Cantat, Jean-François Balmer +1 more

Original language of film or TV show 3

English, French, Standard Chinese

Country of origin 2

France, Germany

Director of photography 2

Caroline Champetier, Yves Cape

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Les Films du Losange

Genre 2

drama film, fantasy film

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Director 1

Leos Carax

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

Paris

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Paris

Part of the series 1

BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

Production company 1

Canal+

Screenwriter 1

Leos Carax

Set in environment 1

movie theater

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Summary

Holy Motors is a film^[1].

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Publication

Publication dates include May 23, 2012^[26], August 30, 2012^[27], October 18, 2012^[28], and January 1, 2012^[29]. Original languages include French^[24], English^[25], and Standard Chinese^[30]. It was distributed by video on demand^[31].

Reception

Reviews include 92%^[32], 8.2/10^[33], and 85/100^[34].

FAQs

What awards did Holy Motors receive?

Honors received include Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award^[2].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Holy Motors is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 2076220

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13w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 100744

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18w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

César Award film ID → 34615

"Created claim: César Award film ID: 34615, Matched to Holy Motors (#296258916) in César film ID #mix'n"
19w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Répertoire des films classés film ID → 371345

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19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → May 23, 2012, August 30, 2012, October 18, 2012 +1

Screenwriter → Leos Carax

Duration → 115

BBFC rating → 18 certificate

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