Lumière & Company
Lucian Pintilie1995-12-20
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
6.2
88 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jeff Alperi | Policeman (segment "David Lynch") | Unowned |
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Romane Bohringer | (segment "Claude Miller") | Unowned |
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Bruno Ganz | Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders") | Unowned |
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Ticky Holgado | (segment "Claude Lelouch") | Unowned |
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Alan Rickman | (segment "John Boorman") | Unowned |
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Liam Neeson | (segment "John Boorman") | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Stephen Rea | (segment "John Boorman") | Unowned |
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Sven Nykvist | (segment "Liv Ullman") | Unowned |
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Lena Olin | (segment "Lasse Hallström") | Unowned |
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Pascal Duquenne | (segment "Jaco Van Dormael") | Unowned |
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Nathalie Richard | Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette") | Unowned |
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Neil Jordan | (segment "John Boorman") | Unowned |
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Aidan Quinn | (segment "John Boorman") | Unowned |
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Isabelle Huppert | Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice) | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Otto Sander | Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") | Unowned |