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Falling into meaning

Do it for the plot Falling into meaning Octopusyarn Jun 18, 2026 35 1 12 Share My partner walked away after 10 minutes, my brother after 50. I watched the remaining 65 minutes of Leos Carax’s Holy Motors by myself, equally bewildered but somehow entranced. There is no plot; the protagonist Oscar jumps between completely unrelated scenes. Or there is too much plot. The whole thing is so saturated with narration that there is no more thread to follow. Early in the day, Oscar climbs out of his limousine as a hunched, ancient beggar woman, mutters on a bridge for several minutes while being ignore

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