Holly Motors
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Holly Motors is an upcoming French film written and directed by Leos Carax
. It will star Denis Lavant
as a man who travels between multiple parallel lives. It will be Carax's first feature film since 1999.
had for five years tried to fund a big English-language film. As financiers were reluctant to invest, Carax, whose last feature film was Pola X
from 1999, decided to make a smaller French-language production first, with the aim to regain prominence in international cinema. Holly Motors is produced through Pierre Grise Productions for a budget of 3.9 million euro, including money from the CNC, Île-de-France region
, Arte France
, Canal+
and Ciné+. The film is a 20% German co-production through the company Pandora, and received 350,000 euro from the Franco-German co-production support committee.
Principal photography is located to Paris. Filming started in September and is scheduled to end in November 2011.
Leos Carax
Leos Carax is a French-born film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl , and his notable works include Lovers on the Bridge and the controversial Pola X...
. It will star Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax...
as a man who travels between multiple parallel lives. It will be Carax's first feature film since 1999.
Cast
- Denis LavantDenis LavantDenis Lavant is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax...
as DL - Édith ScobÉdith ScobEdith Scob is a French actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes Without a Face.Edith Scob has had several roles in European film and television and is married to Georges Aperghis....
as Céline - Eva MendesEva MendesEva Mendes is an American actress.She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut , she broke into the mainstream, appearing in leading roles in Hollywood...
as an actress - Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
as an actress - Michel Piccoli as a director
- Jean-François BalmerJean-François BalmerJean-François Balmer is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s.-Selected filmography:* Little Marcel * La Menace...
as an actor
Production
Prior to the production of Holly Motors, Leos CaraxLeos Carax
Leos Carax is a French-born film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl , and his notable works include Lovers on the Bridge and the controversial Pola X...
had for five years tried to fund a big English-language film. As financiers were reluctant to invest, Carax, whose last feature film was Pola X
Pola X
Pola X is a 1999 French romantic drama film starring Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva and Catherine Deneuve. The film is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities. It revolves around a successful young novelist who is confronted by a woman who claims to be his...
from 1999, decided to make a smaller French-language production first, with the aim to regain prominence in international cinema. Holly Motors is produced through Pierre Grise Productions for a budget of 3.9 million euro, including money from the CNC, Île-de-France region
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
, Arte France
Arte
Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
, Canal+
Canal+
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
and Ciné+. The film is a 20% German co-production through the company Pandora, and received 350,000 euro from the Franco-German co-production support committee.
Principal photography is located to Paris. Filming started in September and is scheduled to end in November 2011.