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Lumière & Company

Genre:DramaDocumentary

Released:1995-12-20

Runtime:88

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

Character: Policeman (segment "David Lynch")

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Romane Bohringer

Character: (segment "Claude Miller")

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Bruno Ganz

Character: Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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Ticky Holgado

Character: (segment "Claude Lelouch")

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Alan Rickman

Character: (segment "John Boorman")

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Liam Neeson

Character: (segment "John Boorman")

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Stephen Rea

Character: (segment "John Boorman")

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Sven Nykvist

Character: (segment "Liv Ullman")

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Lena Olin

Character: (segment "Lasse Hallström")

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Pascal Duquenne

Character: (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

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Nathalie Richard

Character: Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")

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Neil Jordan

Character: (segment "John Boorman")

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Aidan Quinn

Character: (segment "John Boorman")

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Isabelle Huppert

Character: Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)

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Otto Sander

Character: Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

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Max von Sydow

Character: Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")

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Spike Lee

Character: Self (segment "Sarah Moon")

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David Lynch

Character: Self

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Zhang Yimou

Character: Self

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Jacques Rivette

Character: Self

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