Lumière & Company (1995)

Name: Lumière & Company
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 1995-12-20
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Jeff Alperi, Romane Bohringer, Bruno Ganz, Ticky Holgado, Alan Rickman

Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors

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.

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Released 1995-12-20 · 88 min · Drama, Documentary

Directed by Lasse Hallström, Vicente Aranda, John Boorman

Cast

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