Release Date

20 Dec, 1995

Runtime

01:28: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

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.

Original Title

Lumière et Compagnie

Photos

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Actors

Jeff Alperi

Romane Bohringer

Bruno Ganz

Ticky Holgado

Alan Rickman

Liam Neeson

Stephen Rea

Sven Nykvist

Lena Olin

Pascal Duquenne

Nathalie Richard

Neil Jordan

Aidan Quinn

Isabelle Huppert

Otto Sander

Crew

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