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Lumière and Company poster
Trailer
Lumière and Company
6.2
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1h 28m
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1995
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Released
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.

Cast
Jeff Alperi poster
Jeff Alperi
Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
Romane Bohringer poster
Romane Bohringer
(segment "Claude Miller")
Bruno Ganz poster
Bruno Ganz
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Ticky Holgado poster
Ticky Holgado
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Alan Rickman poster
Alan Rickman
(segment "John Boorman")
Liam Neeson poster
Liam Neeson
(segment "John Boorman")
Stephen Rea poster
Stephen Rea
(segment "John Boorman")
Sven Nykvist poster
Sven Nykvist
(segment "Liv Ullman")
Lena Olin poster
Lena Olin
(segment "Lasse Hallström")
Pascal Duquenne poster
Pascal Duquenne
(segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
Nathalie Richard poster
Nathalie Richard
Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
Neil Jordan poster
Neil Jordan
(segment "John Boorman")
Aidan Quinn poster
Aidan Quinn
(segment "John Boorman")
Isabelle Huppert poster
Isabelle Huppert
Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
Otto Sander poster
Otto Sander
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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