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Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

6.276/10

Release Date

20 December 1995

Country

France

Cast

Jeff Alperi

Jeff Alperi

Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

(segment "Claude Miller")

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

Ticky Holgado

Ticky Holgado

(segment "Claude Lelouch")

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

(segment "John Boorman")

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

(segment "John Boorman")

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

(segment "John Boorman")

Sven Nykvist

Sven Nykvist

(segment "Liv Ullman")

Lena Olin

Lena Olin

(segment "Lasse Hallström")

Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard

Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

(segment "John Boorman")

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

(segment "John Boorman")

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)

Otto Sander

Otto Sander

Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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