Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company (1995)

1995-12-20

(FR) •

Drama,

Documentary

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

6.3/10

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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

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Jeff Alperi

Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

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Romane Bohringer

(segment "Claude Miller")

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Bruno Ganz

Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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Ticky Holgado

(segment "Claude Lelouch")

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Alan Rickman

(segment "John Boorman")

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Liam Neeson

(segment "John Boorman")

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Stephen Rea

(segment "John Boorman")

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Sven Nykvist

(segment "Liv Ullman")

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Lena Olin

(segment "Lasse Hallström")

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Pascal Duquenne

(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

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Nathalie Richard

Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

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Neil Jordan

(segment "John Boorman")

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Aidan Quinn

(segment "John Boorman")

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Isabelle Huppert

Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)

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Otto Sander

Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")