Lumière and Company

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(65 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Denmark,

Spain,

Sweden

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

88 minutes

Year:

1995

Director:

Francis Girod

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Company:

Cinétévé,

La Sept-Arte,

Igeldo Komunikazioa S.L.

Cast:
Jeff Alperi

Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

Romane Bohringer

(segment "Claude Miller")

Bruno Ganz

Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

Ticky Holgado

(segment "Claude Lelouch")

Alan Rickman

(segment "John Boorman")

Crew:
Francis Girod

Director

Abbas Kiarostami

Director

Alain Corneau

Director

Raymond Depardon

Director

Costa-Gavras

Director