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Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassi...

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Corporate Authors: Pierre Grise Productions, Indomina Media, Inc, Vivendi Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Marignac, Martine (Producer), Tinchant, Maurice (Producer), Prévost, Alber (Producer), Carax, Léos (Director), Lavant, Denis, 1961- (Actor), Scob, Édith (Actor), Mendes, Eva, 1974- (Actor), Minogue, Kylie (Actor), Lhomeau, Élise (Actor), Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020 (Actor), Disson, Jeanne (Actor), Champetier, Caroline, Cape, Yves, Quettier, Nelly
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:French dialogue; with optional English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Indomina ; [2012]
Edition:Widescreen [version].
Subjects:
Automobile travel > France > Paris > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fantasy films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Motion pictures, French.
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Summary:Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassin, a beggar, a monster, a reptilian sex god, a melancholy father, and a dying old man.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: "Drive in," a making-of featurette; interview with Kylie Minogue; international trailer; U.S. trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio: 1.78:1; 5.1 Dolby digital or Dolby stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Cannes Film Festival, 2012: Award of the Youth (Leos Carax). Austin Film Critics Award, 2012: Best Foreign Language Film (Leos Carax). Chicago International Film Festival, 2012: Gold Hugo in Best International Feature (Leos Carax), Best Actor (Denis Lavant), Best Cinematography (Caroline Champetier, Yves Cape).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Caroline Champetier, Yves Cape ; editor, Nelly Quettier.