Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

3.1 |

1h 28min

Released

DramaDocumentary

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.

Lumière & Company

Story

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.

Directors

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

Writers

Philippe Poulet , Philippe Poulet ,

Tags

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

Casts

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

Character-in: (segment "Claude Miller")

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Character-in: Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

Ticky Holgado

Ticky Holgado

Character-in: (segment "Claude Lelouch")

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Character-in: (segment "John Boorman")

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Character-in: (segment "John Boorman")

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Character-in: (segment "John Boorman")

Sven Nykvist

Sven Nykvist

Character-in: (segment "Liv Ullman")

Lena Olin

Lena Olin

Character-in: (segment "Lasse Hallström")

Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

Character-in: (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard

Character-in: Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

Character-in: (segment "John Boorman")

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Character-in: (segment "John Boorman")

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Character-in: Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)

Otto Sander

Otto Sander

Character-in: Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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