Country
Argentina
Date
Nov 13, 1996
Note
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Lumière & Company (1995)
Directed by John Boorman, Michael Haneke, Costa-Gavras, Wim Wenders, Raymond Depardon, David Lynch, Lasse Hallström, Cédric Klapisch, Claude Lelouch, Alain Corneau, Francis Girod, Spike Lee, Vicente Aranda, Abbas Kiarostami, Theo Angelopoulos, Yoshishige Yoshida, Fernando Trueba, Hugh Hudson, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Zhang Yimou, Ismail Merchant, Sarah Moon, Arthur Penn, Bigas Luna, Nadine Trintignant, Jerry Schatzberg, Merzak Allouache, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Miller, Gaston Kaboré, Jaco Van Dormael, Gabriel Axel, Jacques Rivette, Idrissa Ouedraogo, James Ivory, Patrice Leconte, Peter Greenaway, Liv Ullmann, Régis Wargnier, Youssef Chahine, Lucian Pintilie
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Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
1h 28min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sven Nykvist | (segment "Liv Ullman") |
| Lena Olin | (segment "Lasse Hallström") |
| Pascal Duquenne | (segment "Jaco Van Dormael") |
| Nathalie Richard | Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette") |
| Neil Jordan | (segment "John Boorman") |
| Aidan Quinn | (segment "John Boorman") |
| Isabelle Huppert | Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice) |
| Otto Sander | Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") |
| Max von Sydow | Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") |
| Spike Lee | Self (segment "Sarah Moon") |
| David Lynch | Self |
| Zhang Yimou | Self |
| Jacques Rivette | Self |
Genres
DramaDocumentary
Technical details
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| Add. Photography | Sven Nykvist, Didier Ferry, Jean-Yves Le Mener, Sarah Moon, Frédéric LeClair, Philippe Poulet |
| Production Design | Anne Andreu |
| Art Direction | Anne Andreu |
| Set Decoration | Anne Andreu |
| Composer | Jean-Jacques Lemêtre |
| Sound | Jean-Jacques Lemêtre |
| Costume Design | Françoise Nicolet |
| Makeup | Françoise Nicolet |
| Hairstyling | Françoise Nicolet |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Türkiye
Date
Apr 19, 1999
Note
Istanbul Film Festival
Theatrical release
Country
France
Date
Dec 20, 1995
Country
Sweden
Date
Feb 10, 1996
Country
United States
Date
Mar 29, 1996
Country
Spain
Date
Apr 26, 1996
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Country
Poland
Date
Jan 01, 1998
Physical media
Country
Japan
Date
Sep 19, 1997
TV
Country
France
Date
Dec 28, 1995
Country
Finland
Date
Jul 24, 1996
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