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"  Photo: filmforum.org With sudden musical numbers, a kidnapped Eva Mendes, and talking limousines, following the plot of Holy Motors is definitely a surreal, genre-bending film. Headed by French director Leos Carax, the movie follows the mysterious Oscar (played by Denis Lavant) as he spends his day being driven around Paris, stopping only for &amp;quot;appointments,&amp;quot; while performing as entirely different characters, including a hunchback homeless woman, a disappointed father, and a ruthless hit man. In spite of its fantastical aspects, the film takes a poignant turn when Oscar reunites with a past love played by Kylie Minogue. With a pixie cut and perfect French accent, Minogue steals the show as she and Oscar share a few moments in an abandoned building. ELLE.com caught up with Minogue to talk about returning to acting and what it was like to face the flashbulbs at Cannes.  ELLE: What was it like for you the first time you watched the film? Kylie Minogue: I was just like, &amp;quot;Oh my God, I can&amp;#039;t believe it.&amp;quot; I only [knew] what my scene looked like. I was just aware of everyone in the audience going, &amp;quot;What are we seeing?&amp;quot; I was amazed after that how much of the imagery was just burned into my brain. There&amp;#039;s definitely a select few [scenes] that are just there straight away. It&amp;#039;s an experience, that&amp;#039;s what I should say. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an experience.&amp;quot; ELLE: How was the Cannes International Film Festival for you?  KM: It was one of the most extraordinary experiences I&amp;#039;ve had, and I&amp;#039;ve had quite a few. For start, going down the red carpet with a team was just amazing. I only realized then that normally I&amp;#039;m a lone soldier, so it was great to be part of a team. The excitement was off the scale. They love [the director] Leos [Carax] and the expectation of this film was very high. [After the film] the credits were running and there was a slow applause, and all those thoughts started to come through. I thought, &amp;quot;Is this it?&amp;quot; As the credits finished, [the applause] grew and grew until everyone stood up. The standing ovation went for six or seven minutes. It was crazy.  ELLE: What did Leos say that made you want to join the project? KM: We didn&amp;#039;t speak too much about the character when we met. We met for lunch, and I think that was more a case of sussing each other out. I was intrigued. I never questioned my decision; it just felt right. It came from nowhere, [but] it was something I had wished for a long time.  ELLE: How was it been to switch from live performances to film-making?  KM:I loved it. It was a really great change for me. What I normally do with recording, performing, and touring is my name. It&amp;#039;s all on my shoulders. If it&amp;#039;s a great show, I&amp;#039;m great. If it&amp;#039;s not a great show, I&amp;#039;m not great. It was good to be part of a team and to have a leader. If Leos had said, &amp;quot;You have to jump off the building,&amp;quot; I probably would have, because I wanted to give him everything.  ELLE: Does doing a film like this change the types of roles you look for?  KM: It broadens them, definitely. If I came across a role that is completely mainstream [and] commercial, but it&amp;#039;s the right one, I&amp;#039;d jump at the chance. But I did very much enjoy being part of an independent film. It was just the energy. It just hit all the boxes: I am a Francophile, and I love to film in Paris. But normally my problem is that I&amp;#039;m too inquisitive and want to do everything, [so] we&amp;#039;ll see what happens.  ELLE: You started out acting, what is it like to come back to acting now after having so much success in music?  KM: It&amp;#039;s like going home, because I started out in TV. In a way it&amp;#039;s what I did when I was eleven years old. I love sets. I love being a part of that machinery. But at the same time, doing something like this felt like something new.  Holy Motors opens in theaters on November 9. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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