Holy Motors vs Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7/10 for Holy Motors). Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 1h 56m. Holy Motors is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Holy Motors
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms| Holy Motors | Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Leos Carax | Mari Okada |
| Main cast | Eva Mendes, Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Michel Piccoli, Kylie Minogue | Tomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa |
Synopsis
Holy Motors
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under…
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