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Lumière and Company (1995)

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

Genre : Action, Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 28M

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

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Policeman

Romane Bohringer

Romane Bohringer

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Ticky Holgado

Alan Rickman

Liam Neeson

Stephen Rea

Sven Nykvist

Lena Olin

Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard

Ninon

Neil Jordan

Aidan Quinn

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

(voice)

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Crews

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström

Director

Vicente Aranda

Director

John Boorman

Director

Youssef Chahine

Youssef Chahine

Director

Alain Corneau

Director

Raymond Depardon

Director

Francis Girod

Director

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Director

Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch

Director

Spike Lee

Director

Claude Lelouch

Director

Michael Haneke

Director

David Lynch

Director

Wim Wenders

Director

Costa-Gavras

Director

Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

Director

Hugh Hudson

Director

Gaston Kaboré

Director

Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

Director

Bigas Luna

Director

Director

Arthur Penn

Director

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Director

Jerry Schatzberg

Jerry Schatzberg

Director

Nadine Trintignant

Nadine Trintignant

Director

Fernando Trueba

Fernando Trueba

Director

Liv Ullmann

Director

Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael

Director

Régis Wargnier

Director

Yoshishige Yoshida

Yoshishige Yoshida

Director

Zhang Yimou

Director

Merzak Allouache

Merzak Allouache

Director

Gabriel Axel

Director

James Ivory

Director

Patrice Leconte

Patrice Leconte

Director

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant

Director

Claude Miller

Director

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Idrissa Ouedraogo

Director

Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Theo Angelopoulos

Director

Lucian Pintilie

Lucian Pintilie

Director

Philippe Poulet

Idea

Art Direction

Jean-Jacques Lemêtre

Music

Editor

Editor

Françoise Nicolet

Costume Design

Executive Producer

Producer

Fabienne Servan Schreiber

Producer

Humbert Balsan

Associate Producer

Søren Stærmose

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Director of Photography

Jean-Yves Le Mener

Director of Photography

Frédéric LeClair

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Sven Nykvist

Director of Photography

Philippe Poulet

Director of Photography

Trailers and other movies

Lumière et compagnie (1995) trailer

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