Lumière & Company (1995)

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Directing:
  • Arthur Penn
  • Wim Wenders
  • Zhang Yimou
  • Jerry Schatzberg
  • Lasse Hallström
  • Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Gabriel Axel
  • Spike Lee
  • David Lynch
  • John Boorman
  • James Ivory
  • Costa-Gavras
  • Claude Lelouch
  • Ismail Merchant
  • Peter Greenaway
  • Michael Haneke
  • Hugh Hudson
  • Helma Sanders-Brahms
  • Fernando Trueba
  • Liv Ullmann
  • Theo Angelopoulos
  • Youssef Chahine
  • Raymond Depardon
  • Abbas Kiarostami
  • Cédric Klapisch
  • Régis Wargnier
  • Jaco Van Dormael
  • Alain Corneau
  • Nadine Trintignant
  • Bigas Luna
  • Patrice Leconte
  • Francis Girod
  • Claude Miller
  • Jacques Rivette
  • Vicente Aranda
  • Idrissa Ouedraogo
  • Yoshishige Yoshida
  • Lucian Pintilie
  • Merzak Allouache
  • Gaston Kaboré
  • Sarah Moon

Writing:
  • Philippe Poulet

Stars:
Release Date: 1995-12-20
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  • Country: FR, DK, ES, SE
  • Language: 普通话 | Dansk | English | Français | ελληνικά | 日本語 | Norsk | فارسی | svenska
  • Runtime: 88
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
(segment "John Boorman")
Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn
(segment "John Boorman")
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
(segment "John Boorman")
Otto Sander
Otto Sander
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Romane Bohringer
Romane Bohrin...
(segment "Claude Miller")
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Hupp...
Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
Sven Nykvist
Sven Nykvist
(segment "Liv Ullman")
Ticky Holgado
Ticky Holgado
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
(segment "John Boorman")
Lena Olin
Lena Olin
(segment "Lasse Hallström")
Pascal Duquenne
Pascal Duquen...
(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
Nathalie Richard
Nathalie Rich...
Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan
(segment "John Boorman")
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