The 10 best films of 2012, No 5 – Holy Motors

An uproariously illogical limo-ride through Paris screeches in at No 5 in our pick of the year's most flavoursome flicksFilms are always getting described as surreal, whether they are or not. But this year we saw a genuinely surrealist movie. Leos Carax's Holy Motors is unfettered by logic and common sense; it takes off in all directions – inspired by Cocteau, Franju, Lynch, Buñuel, Muybridge, Kafka, Lewis Carroll and many more.It's a kind of road movie. Monsieur Oscar is an enigmatic busines...

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